"Mandarin" 2024
"Mandarin" spends over six months on skins, soaking up colour, flavour and character – but never getting heavy. The result is all gentle grip and sunny citrus, like mandarins, apricots and orange blossom wrapped up in an easy flow. A textured white for long tables, seafood feasts, and golden evenings.
What it's like
Deep savoury pineapple notes with good acidity. Mid palate has tonnes of texture with with mild refreshing tannins.
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Serving suggestions
Serve cold to lightly chilled. Pair it with some charred wild broccolini and grilled octopus.
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Varieties
100% Fiano from Gundagai NSW. A long growing season of warm days but cool nights gives some wonderful honey notes but retained acidity.
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Production
Fruit was carefully sorted and hand destemmed, then sealed in stainless steel tanks for 6+ months to ferment and infuse. In October 2024 it was gently basket pressed to old French oak barrels.
13.4% ABV
No added sulphites
1100 bottles produced
Vegan friendly
Gluten free
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Hilltops, New South Wales
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Southern Highlands, New South Wales
Mike Bennie, The Wine Front, 94 points
Succulent, finely wrought orange wine of delicate yet firm ropes of tannins, ginger spice, dried mixed peel characters and a building swish of fine, lacy tannins. It’s bright and juicy too, brisk with tangy acidity, shows a cool refrain of grapefruit-meets-blood orange juicyiness and finishes chalky and pucker, yet fine. Sheesh, this drinks great.
The Wine Front
Sticky texture, gummy tannins, loads of floral perfume. Blazing orange colour. Clove spiked oranges, dried apple, nuttiness. Strong feel of tannin for sure. It’s a wild child that hits the tutti-fruitti buttons at the same time.
"Shows a cool refrain of grapefruit-meets-orange juiciness and finishes chalky and pucker, yet fine. Sheesh, this drinks great."
Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
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