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2016 Brave New Wine Doppelgänger Riesling/Chard/Pinot Gris

2016 Brave New Wine Doppelgänger Riesling/Chard/Pinot Gris

Great Southern, WA

The full-blown amber wine in the Brave New Wine range. With a hint of flor!

$32.00

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About

About the Wine

Doppelgänger is another quirky yet delicious creation from the lovely Yoko and Andries over at Brave New Wine.

The first two vintages were 100% Riesling but in the 2017 edition, a couple of other varieties enter the fray. After varying degrees of skin contact on each variety through ferment, Riesling, Pinot Gris, and Chardonnay are aged in a combination of old barrels and ceramic eggs under a thing veil of flor.

There's uber amounts of skinsy texture here. A faint nuttiness and something like kombucha. Served blind, this would be a very difficult wine to put your finger on. The tannins are tight, the acid it mouth watering, the volume of fruit is ample to all the winemaking thrown at it.

It certainly won't be fore everyone, but it is a truly interesting drinking experience.

About Brave New Wine

It is a Brave New World and these are, in every sense, Brave New Wines. This range is brought to you by husband and wife duo Andries and Yoko Lüscher-Mostert. They are making painfully small amounts of fascinating, experimental and delicious wine from some superb vineyards in Great Southern.

With a vision of acquiring their own vineyard in the future, they are currently content to make wines that truly thrill them. These are natural wines crafted without additions but with bucket-loads of love and skill. Some of the most intriguing vino in WA and definitely a winery to keep an eye on.

About 'Amber' Wines

Amber wines are white wines made just like a red wine. In the same way that time on skins imparts the red colouring to red wines, the golden colour of these wines is also found through extended skin maceration.

It is common to find more grip to these wines, as well as a vastly different flavour profile than when the juice is pressed of skins immediately. The firm tannins and savoury flavour profile often found in this style of wine works makes them a great foil for many differing food styles.

Andries and Yoko out in the vineyard
Andries and Yoko out in the vineyard
Great Southern, WA
Additional Info

From the Producer

Vineyard & Winemaking

Riesling (conventional), Chardonnay (certified organic) & Pinot Gris (conventional) from three separate vineyards, naturally fermented separately on skins in ceramic egg and small open oak fermenters. Riesling was destemmed before a long time on skins. Chardonnay was fermented as whole bunches for two weeks. Pinot Gris underwent a very long (four week) carbonic maceration as whole bunches before being pressed. The wine was then raised under flor in ceramic egg & barrels which were not topped.

Blend : Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris
ABV : 11.20%
Closure : Screw Cap
Drink Until : 2020
Bottle Size : 750ml
Production : 111 dozen

Yoko & Andries, on a road to where...?
Yoko & Andries, on a road to where...?
Great Southern, WA
Expert Reviews

Critic Reviews

DDS review

It's tart and tangy with a pretty serious zing of acidity. But that's not all folks! There's nuts and a hint of fino, some kombucha on the nose and in the mouth amongst bracing citrus flavours. Long threads of tannin that crunch and chomp through the finish. Be warned, it's a wild ride!

92Points
The Wine Front

"Nuts, oranges and peel, a touch of cider vinegar, white pepper and spice. Seaweed? It’s an unusual wine, with a sharp tang to its taste – not unlike kombucha – but also a creaminess, almost to creamed honey, a rich skinsy tannin texture, lime, ginger and almond passing on the finish. Always a hard wine to rate, but I like it. Not for everyone, of that I’m certain." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

Customer Reviews
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