Yetti + the Kokonut Hipster Juice Verdelho 2022

WINEMAKER: Dave Geyer & Koen Janssens
REGION: McLaren Vale, SA
VARIETY: Verdelho
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

Matured in large format oak to let the bold skin contact, show off all the sandalwood, spice and chewy tannin. Everything with the hipster juice is nicely balanced though, and it’s great at a pot-luck because it’ll elevate most foods and be loved by everyone lucky enough to get a sip–don’t feel bad for having three glasses, you deserve it, and you brought it!

"This is an epic little plot in McLaren Vale, rows orientated East-West but on a slope graded high from North to South, lending itself to a touch less exposure. Straddling a dry winter creek, the soil is deepest in the middle with gravelly alluvial sands leading into more ironstone and clay on the slopes. The vineyard is alive with a good biodiversity of life, being BD certified the vines have an inbuilt tolerance to many of the issues associated with farming in this area.

Verdelho was handpicked early ahead of the heat of harvest and fight through the dense canopies of Vale vineyards. In 2022 we split the grapes into two parcels, one a semi-carbonic of 50% whole bunch and 50% destemmed for increased extraction of both stem tannin & carbonic fruity aromatics. The other parcel was destemmed & kept on skins for 3 weeks, pumped over twice daily to increase skin tannins and allow savoury secondary flavours to develop. We treat this second parcel just like a big red wine that the Barossa is known for, but to reatain the elegance and acidity of a white. After both parcels have finished primary ferment, they are pressed into a large format foudre & a variety of small format oak, then aged for 18 months on full lees. The components are then blended into tank and allow to integrate there for 12 months before bottling." - Dave Geyer, Yetti + The Kokonut