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2018 Ravensworth Riesling Ancestral Pet Nat

2018 Ravensworth Riesling Ancestral Pet Nat

Canberra District, NSW

Right up the top of the tree for Australian Pet Nats. Smashing drinking!

$36.00

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About The Wine

Here's another out of Bryan Martin's 'Weird Stuff' portfolio.

Pétillant Naturel (Pét-Nat) is a traditional way of making lightly sparkling wines. Essentially, the winemaker will bottle the wine before the ferment is complete and allow it to kick on inside the bottle. The wines are super interesting, constantly evolving in the bottle, progressively becoming more and more wonderful. They are alive...

The Ravensworth Pét-Nat is made from 100% estate grown Riesling. The fruit was pressed as whole bunches straight into two 700L ceramic eggs, the cloudy juice was then bottled and sealed with a crown.

Bryan Martin has made this wine style one of his specialties over the last few years. This release looks better than ever.

About Ravensworth

Bryan Martin is a winemaker at the height of his powers. Setting aside the exceptional work he is doing behind the scenes at regional flagbearer, Clonakilla, his Ravensworth wines have become some of the Canberra region’s hottest releases.

Bryan’s winemaking style is equal parts science and artistic flair. He’s an adventurous spirit trapped in the body of a technical virtuoso. A concert pianist jamming to free jazz. It’s a killer combination.

His range is full of alternative varieties and whacky blends, with texture and balance the key in everything. These are unique wines from a region on the up and up and now some of Canberra’s most sought-after wines.

The hands of Bryan Martin at work
The hands of Bryan Martin at work
Murrumbateman, NSW
Additional Info

From The Producer

VINEYARD Estate

SOIL Regional duplex – Granite base, red clay parna, loamy looking but distinctly soil

SLOPES Faces both north and south, a grassy knoll if you will

VINTAGE NOTES A very warm, dry season, small crops and a well timed rainfall in February extended vintage, maintaining acid.

WINEMAKING NOTES Juice was whole bunch pressed straight into ceramic eggs. Then left to its own devices, encouraged with positive thoughts, I wished it well but didn’t influence its journey: parenting and winemaking 101. With about 10g/l of fermentable sugar still present, the wine was put, for want of a better verb, into sparkling wine bottles and then left to finish. This created a natural sparkle, about two atmospheres, which means, if you are French petillant natural. That's all really, think of this wine as one that is fluid, as in ever changing. The yeast sediment is still there and will change the wine as it ages. Right now its fresh and zesty, cider like but these lees will add more flavour. Best to chill before opening and do this carefully, a natural wine means no 'agents' where added to stop it gushing. Roll the bottle to stir the sediment and then open and pour.

Blend : Riesling (100%)
Closure : Crown
Drink Until : 2021
Bottle Size : 750ml
Production : 150 dozen

Winemaker Bryan Martin
Winemaker Bryan Martin
Photo Credit: Wine Australia
Expert Reviews

Critic Reviews

DDS review

So pure, so fresh, such great drinking here. It feels like the essence of Riesling. Lime and green apple, plenty of talcy crunch and a very fine spritz. Crisp, almost bracing in a way. Clean as a whistle, too. Top notch Pet-Nat here from Bryan. Such a satisfying thing to drink.  - Different Drop Wine Team

Customer Reviews
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