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Region: Adelaide Hills, SA
Grape: Pinot Gris
First Glance: floral, aromatic, lightly tannic
Seveneves is the other of two labels by Mauricio Ruiz Cantú and Benjamin Caldwell, also proprietors of Somos. Seveneves is focused on classic French varieties, but approached with a bit of the same playful enthusiasm as we see in the Somos wines, and all from a single vineyard in Macclesfield, Adelaide Hills. The vineyard is farmed organically and sits on the south eastern border of the region at 410m altitude, with a higher diurnal shift and drier conditions to the rest of the hills. This allows Ben and Mauricio to craft wines of great freshness and detail. Techniques such as whole-bunch fermentation, carbonic maceration and prolonged skin contact are eagerly applied, but the wines always stay true to variety and the main goal is to bringing out the best in each variety.
A skin-contact Gris fermented on skins for 10 days to build texture on the palate and spicy complexity of flavour. Carbonic maceration for that buoyant freshness of fruit, and a bit of lees stirring in a mix of tank and old oak, for added texture.
The Best Cellars View:
Showing the beautiful copper tinge that Pinot Gris skins have in the vineyard. Quite aromatic straight out the gate, displaying Rooiboos tea, dried cranberry, apricot and alluring soft spice - very pretty! On the palate, the skin-contact has given a chalky texture with a light tannic grip on the finish. Lifted acidity keeps the extra weight and texture nicely in balance.
