NV Vino Volta Intimations of Immortality Liqueur Verdelho

96 pts
Garth Cliff’s Vino Volta has bottled a piece of Swan Valley history – a small-batch fortified Verdelho that shows just how special this region’s old traditions can be.

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Description

Vino Volta is the project of Garth Cliff, who’s been working the Swan Valley for years with a focus on old vines and the region’s heritage grapes. This liqueur Verdelho fits that outlook perfectly. It’s drawn from parcels that have been fortified and then left to sit quietly in seasoned oak, slowly developing into something layered and complex.

The style is all about depth without overcomplication. You’ll find raisin, fig and roasted nut characters, with toffee and spice sliding in behind. It’s sweet and concentrated, but there’s enough grip and freshness to stop it from feeling heavy.

Made in very small volumes, it’s a wine that connects Swan Valley’s fortified past with Garth’s modern, thoughtful approach to making wines that matter in their place.

96 points
"A multidimensional drinking experience. Bravo."
- Katrina Butler (Halliday Wine Companion)

Katrina Butler

Katrina Butler

Halliday Wine Companion 96 Points

Though labelled a liqueur, a style synonymous with the Swan District, it is indeed a fortified wine. The grapes are left to ripen and dry on the vine in the best vintages, and the base wines date back to '57. It is every bit of luscious drinking you'd expect; the fruit is blisteringly sweet but, more than the sum of its raisined characters, there is marmalade, hazelnut skin, coffee, ripe pineapple and burnt toast. The texture, however, is the true pulse of the wine and is not dissimilar to melted chocolate; it rolls over the palate and upon itself, rippling ribbons of flavour as it goes. A multidimensional drinking experience. Bravo. 500ml.

ONLY 450 BOTTLES RELEASED EACH YEAR!



UNIQUE STYLE OF WINE SYNONYMOUS WITH THE SWAN DISTRICT WINE REGION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. BLENDED FROM BASE WINES THAT DATE BACK OVER 60 YEARS. FROM SWAN VALLEY / SWAN DISTRICT VINEYARDS. THE AVERAGE AGE OF THIS WINE IS IN EXCESS OF 18 YEARS.


IN THE MOST SUITABLE VINTAGES PARCELS OF FRUIT ARE LEFT TO RIPEN TO THEIR BEST POTENTIAL AND THEN DRY OUT ON THE VINE. THEY SOAK AND FERMENT ON SKINS BEFORE BEING FORTIFIED WITH NEUTRAL SPIRIT AND PRESSING OFF ARRESTING THE FERMENTATION WITH A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF RESIDUAL SUGAR. THEN THE LONG AGING PROCESS BEGINS. THE BASE WINES MATURE IN A WARM CELLAR IN OLD BARRIQUES AND HOGSHEADS. SLOWLY CONCENTRATING, SLOWLY OXIDISING, SLOWLY GAINING THE CHARACTERS THAT PRESENT IN THIS LUSCIOUS FORTIFIED WINE.


BRIGHT, LUSCIOUS, RAISINED FRUIT CHARACTERS, DESICCATED PINEAPPLE WITH A TOUCH OF SPIRIT AT THE START. RANCIO, ORANGE MARMALADE, MOCHA AND SWEET TOASTY CHARACTERS THROUGH THE MIDDLE. LUSCIOUS UP FRONT THIS WINE FINISHES WITH SUBTLE BURNT TOAST AND STRUCTURE THAT DRIES OUT THE PALATE JUST ENOUGH.

DETAILS
SWAN DISTRICT - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Alc = 18.5%, pH = 3.67, TA = 9.0
OLDEST COMPONENT IN EXCESS OF 60 YEARS OLD.

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Fortified
Body Full Bodied
Variety Verdelho
Country Australia
Region Swan Valley
Australian State WA
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 96
Alcohol 18.5%
Size 500ml
Closure Cork

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