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Worlds Apart

2021

‘Blue Eyes’

Gamay   |   Adelaide Hills - Australia
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About

Gamay is on the rise in Australia, particularly in the Adelaide Hills. The fruit comes from Sam’s Eureka Vineyard in Woodside, an old gold mine with lots of quartz. If you go back to your Earth Science days in high school, you may remember that granite must contain at least 20% quartz – which means the soil type here is not altogether that different than in Northern Beaujolais. But don’t put this bad boy in the stuffy Cru camp. Blue Eyes is an easy wine, unfettered, one to sip just for the pleasure of it.

From vines planted in the early 2000s and regrafted in 2018, the Gamay is brought into the cellar to ferment after destemming in open-top fermenters. The wine spends 8 days on its skins before being pressed off.  It spends 9 months in neutral oak before being bottled without fining or filtering, and just a small sulfur addition.

 

Stats

  • Grapes: 100% Gamay
  • Vineyard: Eureka Vineyard
  • Vine Age: Planted early 2000s, grafted in 2018
  • Soil Type: Ironstone and quartz over clay
  • Viticulture: Sustainable - practicing organic
  • Fermentation: Native — destemmed into open-top fermenters
  • Skin Contact: 8 days
  • Aging: 9 months in neutral oak
  • Alcohol: 12.7%
  • pH: 3.27
  • Total Acidity: 6.8 g/L
  • Total SO2: 41 ppm
  • Total Production: 75 cases

Tasting Notes

A fragrant wine, so light and refreshing. It has lovely red cherry fruit notes, a touch of spice, and something herbal. There is an almost saline quality on the palate. It is a Gamay to sip easily, for the pleasure of it.

Press & Reviews

James Suckling

93

"Some very attractive aromas of violet-like florals and blue fruit, as well as raspberry and redcurrant. The palate has an expressive feel with mouthwatering freshness supporting vivid blueberry and redcurrant flavors. Bright and crisp resolve here. Holds the finish so well. Drink now."

The Wine Front

90

"Fragrant as. Pretty as. Tasty as. Light, refreshing, sloshy and jolly expression. A mass of washy, lovely red cherry fruit, some light spice, a bit of alpine herbal stuff. Tartness. Saline notes . A big washy feel here. Easy pleasure, not a lot of complexity, but hey, sometimes that’s ok." -Mike Bennie

Producer


Worlds Apart

Region


Adelaide Hills

Country


Australia

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