Smalltown Vineyards Sub Aqua Club Field Blend 2022
Smalltown Vineyards Sub Aqua Club Field Blend 2022 is a dry, medium-bodied white from Viognier, Riesling (Barossa Valley, Australia), in the aromatic whites style. Acidity is moderate; oak influence is none. Good with roast chicken, roast pork, chicken curry, Thai food.
| Wine | Sweet | Body | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sub Aqua Club is predominantly a Viognier plus some other whites (mainly Riesling) that were accidently planted in a vineyard in Moppa Springs in the furthest Northern vineyard in the Barossa Valley. The vines are dry-grown, and all the fruit is harvested before sunrise to keep the grapes as cool as possible. Whole berries are placed in open-top fermenters with indigenous yeasts. The temperature is kept as low as possible to keep the ferment long and gentle, and the cap is plunged 2-3 times daily. After 5-7 days on the skins the ferment is pressed and racked to stainless steel to finish fermenting to dryness. Fresh apricot in hue, delightfully almost equally furry on the palate. It’s at once marmalade and marble being all rich, sinewy, aromatic, and textural. Finely grained for a skin-contact wine, it should not be served too cold.