Dicey Bannockburn Chenin Blanc 2022 (6 Bottles) Bannockburn, Central Otago

by Wine Envy

$220.00 GST Included

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AT FIRST SIP-Greengage, white peach, unripe quince and apple blossom. Squeaky chalky undertones on the palate and loads of acidity. Some lovely propolis and green mango add further complexity to this wonderfully structured Chenin. Keep it for 10 years if you can resist it’s allure now. AFTER A FEW-Cheeeenin Cheeeeenin chenin baby!

About This Wine

94pts Bob Campbell MW, 93 pts Cameron Douglas MS

With the coldest year since 2005, this fruit was harvested late in the season after a long time gaining flavour. Gentle handling and fermented with wild yeast, fermenation was stopped at 30g/L of residual sugar to balance out the phenomenal natural acidity. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

‘Dicey’ – defined as ‘Unpredictable and potentially risky’

James is the grower, Matt the caretaker. Two brothers, Two neighbours. Fierce about wine, family, and Bannockburn – the land where they have put down roots. Wine runs deep for the Diceys.

All fruit for Dicey is sourced from the family’s vineyards in the Bannockburn sub region of Central Otago. They are aiming for Biogro certification in 2022 (currently in conversion).

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Dicey Wines, Bannockburn, Central Otago

Wine is about place. Dicey is a place that is a rocky pocket of Central Otago: Bannockburn. It’s not easy to make wine here. Hoar frosts. Wind. Bitter cold and crackling heat. The land is unforgiving and the wines express that struggle.

The fruit comes from three vineyards started by three families transcending two generations. James and Odelle have The Inlet. Matt and Ali belong to Black Rabbit. Their pioneering parents, Robin and Margi, own their Swansong.

Our vineyards are named Swansong, Black Rabbit, and Inlet. Swansong is steep — the vines clawing their way along terraces of eroded gravel and clay. Black Rabbit sits on ancient bedrock, vines nestled into windblown soil. Inlet’s vines drape over a terrace of deep river gravel. We coax the best out of these reluctant soils by striving for balance.

Dicey Bannockburn wines pay homage. They tell the annual story of the region and share the colours of each season. The Single Vineyard wines have an even sharper focus.

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