Quealy Winemakers Pobblebonk 2023 (6 Bottles) Mornington Peninsula

by Fine Wine Cellars

$211.00 GST Included

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Named after the Pobblebonk frogs that clearly love life in Quealy’s vineyards and wetlands, this is an excellent introduction to Quealy’s Friuli-inspired blends. After a year off, this wine returns to reflect the home vineyard’s older white vines.

The Riesling and Chardonnay were planted in 1982, and the Friulano was grafted in 2007 from 1996-planted Chardonnay vines. The 2023 comprises 50% Riesling, 31% Friulano and 19% Chardonnay.

The team picked and fermented the varieties separately with indigenous yeasts, in barrels (17% new) with full solids. After blending, the wine was bottled without fining.

This gleams with summer freshness: yellow flowers, sun-kissed fruits and some nutty kernel notes lending complexity. There’s lovely ‘inter-varietal’ harmony at play here; it strikes an impressive balance between fleshy and ripe citrus pith, savoury nuance and a dash of coastal salinity. Tom McCarthy is super pleased with this release, and well he should be—it’s one of the finest Pobblebonks we’ve seen.

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Description

Quealy Winery

Exclusively grown on our winery vineyard, the grapes are picked in the first few days of March when the grapes are a hot pink colour and still rich with acid. Whole bunch pressed with a low yield per ton captures the delicacy; zero sulphur through the process of yeast and malolactic fermentation. Another month stirred on lees and then sulphur in June, more racking and then into bottle in July 2019.

Quealy Vineyard
We care for this vineyard with organic sprays and zero herbicide. It’s surrounded by bush and clearly a fertile ground for the biomass. The vineyard is crawling with insects; beetles, snails, moths, earwigs and we don’t want them all but we have learnt to live together. We like to hurry the ripeness so we harvest before the party starts; it’s where the vineyard dictates the style.

Fine Wine Cellars

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