Fever. This is an electric skin contact wine from the ever creative and open minded Dave Mackintosh. What a masterful wine and then some. I dig it big time!
Pour it in the glass and it's not what you expect. Wickedly delicious, it's blood orange in appearance and fills the nose with pretty scents.
The key with wines like these is to ensure they aren't served too cold so they can express themselves.
A blend of Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Chardonnay, Savagnin and Pinot Noir (40/24/17/7/6/6), all the fruit was picked dependant on site and co-fermented over a long 40 day ferment in open fermenters. The Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer skins were included. 100% wild fermented and going through malo, it then saw time in oak French oak for nine months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulphites added.
Scents of mandarin peel, red flowers, blood orange and red apple skin. It digs deep with layers of interest ready to unfurl. Fennel, rosewater from the Gewurtz, and dried thyme race for your attention early. But those florals! I keep coming back to the pretty aromas. Juicy red cherries and then, some ruby grapefruit and delicate textural feels build wonderful momentum through the mouth leaving you searching for more. Brilliant!
Drink to three years.
94/100
RRP: $32
Source: Sample
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