NIKAU ‘TONIMBUK’ GRANITE (2022)

GROWING

• Soil Type: Coarse, weathered granite 

• Tonimbuk site 

WINEMAKING

• Hand-harvested and co-fermented in stainless steel for 48 hours, with a whole bunch of skin-contact

• The wine was then pressed back into a single ceramic egg where it sat undisturbed for 14 months elevage

• Bottled (without racking) directly from the vessel

• Wild ferment, No SO2, No pumps, No additions, No oak

• Bottled by gravity, Sealed with premium natural cork and beeswax

WHAT'S GOOD?

• A delicately orange wine with a very refined and elegant nature to it

• Granite soils gave the wines a lean and very mineral-driven nature, showing an abundance of energy with such delicate and precise structure

• Great tannin, largely due to the Pinot Gris/Grigio element

• The time in the tank on gross lees has given yet another layer of fine complexity to the wine

• As pure a representation of site, place, and time 

• Only 355 bottles were produced for this vintage

ALCOHOL

• 12% 

VOLUME

• 750ML

BODY

• Light - Medium