2021 Billy Button The Delinquent Verduzzo

One of Australia's only Verduzzos from the unstoppable force that is Jo Marsh.

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This is something out there from the Billy Button camp!

Verduzzo originates from Friuli in North-East Italy, and it's pretty much an unknown quantity here. Jo Marsh, head-honcho at Billy Button, describes it as "The red drinker's white, a full bodied style with structured phenolics." which sums up the variety's character quite nicely.

This is a wonderfully savoury and structural wine with a completely unique set of flavours. Each iteration from Jo has been better than the last as she becomes more familiar with this variety. This vintage is no exception.

If you're looking for a food-friendly wine with a point of difference to wow your dinner guests, this is a great option.

Jo obviously has a thing for the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of North East Italy. Like Friulano, Verduzzo originates from the same Italian region. Jo knew very little about this variety before taking it on. What she did know was that it is a challenging variety to make because of its high phenolic content in the skin. Problem is, the flavour also exists in the skin, so how do you get the flavour out without making an excessively phenolic wine? Jo said, bring it on. What she discovered is that Verduzzo is a red wine disguised as a white wine. It is a wine not for the faint hearted, it is quite savoury with the phenolics giving the wine a firm structure that demands food, contrasted by an unexpected intensity of citrus and nashi pear fruit character. The fruit is sourced from the Antonello Vineyard at Buffalo Creek.

Region: Alpine Valleys, VIC
Blend: Verduzzo (100%)
ABV: 13%
Closure: 750ml
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90 Points - "Hand-picked fruit was whole-bunch pressed to stainless steel. The free-run juice was fermented with selected yeast, the pressings fermented with indigenous yeast. Matured 9 months on full yeast lees prior to blending. High skin phenolics make this an especially challenging wine to make and sometimes drink. Savoury, wild and firm, it's no softie. Lantana, hay, dried apple, honeysuckle and parsnip earthiness combine to present a fascinating wine that absolutely demands food. A no-prisoners kind of wine, something to explore with an open mind." - Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)

90 Points - "Dry style, interesting personality. Savoury at heart, as a white wine. Stonefruit and quartz, earth and orange, honeysuckle and dried apple. It's so dry it's grippy; it demands food. Those dried apple characters really push forward as it breathes but then, so too does the grippy dryness of it." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

Billy Button

Billy Button is the charming Alpine Valleys based project of ubertalented winemaker Jo Marsh, now helped by her winemaker husband Glenn James and young winemaker Alex Phillips.

Billy Button focuses primarily on producing small batches of alternative varieties from good local growers in their small patch of Victoria. The team explores varieties that are rarely seen in the Australian landscape - you can find anything from Schioppettino to Verduzzo in this eclectic range.

Jo's gentle touch in the winery makes for beautifully balanced wines that show great texture and vibrancy. The Billy Button range is a little gem of North East Victoria. It's one of the more unique wine ranges in the country and the perfect place to begin your exploration of alternative varieties.

Winemakers Glenn James, Jo Marsh & Alex Phillips Billy Button

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