THE WINES
100% Pinot Noir, grown in Ritoznoj, Pohorje Foothills, Lower Styria. Vines are at 360 metres over marl rich soils with sand and clay. Climate is continental with hot and dry summers and snowy winters. Hand picked, 10 – 20% whole bunch, 3 – 8 days of cold maceration depending on temperature of grapes when picked, and fermented wild. Plunged daily, sometimes twice during peak period, with 17 – 23 days on skins in total. Aged 12 months in older French oak, unfiltered. 11.5% alcohol.
Brick/light colour. Reductive and earthy, reminiscent in some ways of Gippsland and Martinborough. Structurally light, textured, cherry and plum fruits, with the tannins and finishing flavours evoking black tea.
on any dozen* or non dozens over $350
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Additional Information ABOUT THE PRODUCER
Founded in 2010, Heaps Good Wine Company is a small family owned winery situated in Ritoznoj in the foothills of the Pohorje range in Stajerska Slovenija. Expat kiwi Nick Gee draws on years of experience working all over the world in order to craft his unique wines. Working with both international and local varieties, the key is to produce wines that express the individuality of their vineyard sites, therefore winemaking is hands off with minimal intervention, only small amounts of sulfur being added to the wines, nothing else. The cool climate of Stajerska allows Nick to make wines of balance, purity, restraint and elegance.
ABOUT THE PRODUCER
Biodynamic Minimal Intervention Wines From A Beautiful Adelaide Hills Estate
Owner Damon Nagel started life as a sommelier in Adelaide, moving to London to further his wine education whilst working in top end dining restaurants. Achieving success in London property, he would eventually return to Adelaide, purchasing the beautiful undulating Brackenwood farm in the early 2000s, first releasing wines from vintage 2005.
Winemaking is today overseen by Daniel Zuzolo, ex Primo Estate, with the stable offering interesting blends and lesser seen plantings of Barbera and Gamay alongside more traditional offerings such as Shiraz and Riesling.
Growing and winemaking is strictly along biodynamic lines, with no additions bar minimal sulphur at bottling. A pure set of releases very much at home alongside Felixir’s European offerings, fun styles of personality with enough depth and interest to be taken seriously.
