2020 Alpha Box & Dice Golden Mullet Fury
Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale
A complex and tangy Semillon/Muscat/Riesling blend that will leave your mouth watering
$32.00
About The Wine
As the former Soviet country of Georgia has been making wines for thousands of years, it seems appropriate that they would influence winemakers elsewhere in one way or another. "Amber" wine (also known as "orange") is the practice of letting the skins of white grapes rest in the juice during fermentation, imparting flavour, colour and texture, just like with red wines.
The Alpha Box & Dice Golden Mullet Fury runs with this idea, using skin contact for individual parcels of Semillon, Muscat and Riesling, which were all then aged in old oak before blending. The result is a mix of guava, beeswax, preserved lemons and curry leaf aromas and tangy fruits on the palate, with waxiness and saltiness and a mouthwatering finish.
About Alpha Box & Dice
Alpha Box & Dice is a McLaren Vale-based operation, focussing on celebrating the diversity of wine styles and varieties coming out of South Australia.
Head winemaker Sam Berketa has worked in famed wine regions across the globe, from Barolo to Monterey, and he brings his years of knowledge and experience to every wine created at Alpha Box & Dice.
Championing the Mediterranean varieties, the end results are wines filled with innovation, supreme drinkability and pure expressions of the vineyards the fruits hail from.
McLaren Vale, SA
From the Producer
Each component in the GMF was treated individually. The Semillon was destemmed whilst the Muscat had 60% whole bunch with the remaining crushed on top. Both were fermented until dry with wild yeast and spent an extra week on skins to build texture. The Riesling was handpicked with >65% Botrytis affected grapes, pressed for 3 hours long and slow then wild fermented for 4 months in old barrels until dry. All were aged separately in seasoned oak and went through spontaneous MLF, with the Muscat and Semillon both spending 9 months in a large format cask.
Blend : Semillon, Muscat, Riesling
ABV : 12.4%
Closure : cork
Drink Until : 2023
Bottle Size : 750ml
McLaren Vale, SA
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