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Commune of Buttons Pretty Fun Pet Nat 2023 (6 Bottles) Adelaide Hills

by Fine Wine Cellars

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The beginning of vintage is marked each year by the harvesting of parcels of fruit for the Pretty Fun Petillant Naturel. In 2022 Pretty fun is a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the Commune of Buttons Vineyards in the Piccadilly Valley and Basket Range and a small parcel of Syrah from The Deanery Vineyard in Balhannah.

The grapes were whole-bunch pressed and the juice was barrel fermented in seasoned barriques and puncheons. Towards the end of fermentation, the wine was racked off lees and blended into tank. The wine was bottled with 10 grams of residual sugar with the intent not to disgorge this new release. The bottled wine was laid down in the cellar for 5 months and allowed to ferment to dry.

The Pretty Fun this year is textural with a good acid line thanks to the early harvest. It has a bright pink hue and the bead is fine. The un-disgorged wine is crisp with a leesy minerality just like pet nat should be! This is dangerously easy to drink at 11.5% and perfect for the backyard or and day in the park where the sun is shining! – Commune of Buttons

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About Commune of Buttons, Adelaide Hills

The Buttons family vineyard, planted in the early in 1990s, sits in the idyllic, tree-filled Basket Range region of the Adelaide Hills. It’s here, in the epicentre of Australia’s lo-fi wine movement, that siblings Sophie and Jasper have progressed their mother’s early work to create a label that strives for transparency and unpretentiousness. The resulting wines are vibrant and delicious and speak of site above all else.

Returning home from intrepid travels in 2013, Jasper, after meeting (and subsequently working with) Anton van Klopper of Lucy M fame, recognised his vineyard’s latent potential and aligned himself with a hands-off winemaking philosophy. He, along with his sister Sophie, decided to transition to organic farming practices and today the pair shape some of Australia’s most engaging wines.

The focus is mainly on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, both of which make up most of the family’s plantings, with Nebbiolo now also in the mix. In the winery, a varying percentage of whole bunches are employed (depending on the vintage) and gentle macerations are championed to preserve clarity. Low levels of sulphur are used to stabilise the wines, which are aged in seasoned barriques and stainless steel. Bottling occurs by hand at the source.

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