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Prōterō

2023

‘Aromatico’

White Blend   |   Adelaide Hills - Australia
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About

This white blend was inspired by the wines of Northern Italy but are “strangely” suited to the spicy foods that Steve’s household craves. (Steve highly recommends trying it with Miang Kham.) About three quarters of the blend is Gewürztraminer; the other two grapes, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc, make up 25% and 3% of the blend, respectively. All varieties came from the Protero Vineyard on Kenton Hill Road in Gumeracha. The 2023 growing season was the third year of the current La Nina cycle: cool and wet, leading to the most challenging growing season in living memory. High winter rainfall continued through spring, delaying budbreak and shoot growth. Unusual soil moisture made spraying and mid row management a challenge. Thankfully, a dry, mild summer followed, but the die was cast, and harvest was one of the latest on record. Low crops with long hang times was not common, however these contradictory conditions did result in elegance and great flavor. This was a year that relied on attention to detail in vineyard to make great wine.

The Gewürztraminer was settled as juice and held in tank. When the Riesling arrived, it was gently pressed and blended with the Gewürztraminer, and again held in tank until the Sauvignon Blanc arrived. Fermentation finally began on the 1st of May and lasted 8 weeks, leaving 2g/L residual sugar. The wine was racked once with no adjustments necessary, and it was filtered and sulfured at bottling on the 13th of July, 2023.

Stats

  • Grapes: 72% Gewürztraminer - 25% Riesling - 3% Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard: Protero Vineyard (Kenton Hill Road, Gumeracha)
  • Vine Age: 3-years-old (Gewürztraminer, on Merlot rootstock planted in 1999, & Geisenheim Riesling clones, own-rooted) - 24-years-old (Sauvignon Blanc)
  • Soil Type: Sandy loam over brown clay on deeply weathered rock
  • Viticulture: Practicing organic
  • Fermentation: Inoculated – stainless-steel (co-ferment of Gewürztraminer & Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc blended after fermentation)
  • Skin Contact: 6 weeks (Gewürztraminer only)
  • Aging: One month on lees before being racked once then blended
  • Alcohol: 13.5%
  • Residual Sugar: 2 g/L
  • pH: 3.49
  • Total Acidity: 5.1 g/L
  • Total SO2: 125 ppm
  • Total Production: 1,300 cases
  • UPC: None

Tasting Notes

An exotic and delightful wine with aromas of lychee, rose oil, and lemongrass, creating a hypnotic perfume. Flavors of rose water, almond croissant, and lime unfold with a nervy, grassy finish that is refreshing and engaging—best enjoyed now.

Press & Reviews

The Wine Front

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"Indeed, ‘aromatico’ and pink in its nature just as the label is. Marzipan, grapefruit peel, lychee, fairy floss, peach, rose petals. It’s very gingery in flavours, spicy and candied yet finishing cool and dry. Well-balanced wine led by Gewurztraminer. Would love this with some Asian dishes."

- Kasia Sobiesiak
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Prōterō

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Adelaide Hills

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Australia

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