Stefano Lubiana Estate Pinot Gris 2023 (12 Bottles) Derwent Valley, Tasmania

by CellarHand

$592.00 GST Included

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Ooh, looks like a bit of colour in the glass. Yes thanks. Proper gris. Texture is slippery, good intensity of flavour, pear, very exotic and complex spice characters, a lick of honey, ginger. Dense and rich but with freshness and energy on its side. Big and bold but balanced. A seriously good, fuller flavoured white wine.
95 points. Mike Bennie, The Wine Front

Our Pinot Gris is grown on a gravel base soil covered in red loam with patches of riverbed silt. Facing north this soil forms part of the western bank of the Derwent river. Our Pinot Gris plot was planted in 1991, the vines now being over 30 years old. The vineyard being biodynamically farmed since 2010 with certification coming in 2013. The vine’s root system is now well established deep into the soil horizons below. The gravel element infuses a perfumed aroma and contributes savouriness and minerality to the palate. Southern Tasmania allows its crops a long and mostly mild and dry ripening period bestowing tiers of flavour. This wine’s texture is generally attributed to barrel fermentation. As well, the grape’s thick skins and the vine’s low yields, often unique to cool climate biodynamic viticulture, creates beuatiful body and structure.

Steve and Marco artfully and skillfully ferment the grapes into wine that is more akin to European Pinot Gris examples rather than those produced in Australia. This is due to small batch winemaking where the grapes are processed as soon as they are handpicked and the must is fermented on full lees in puncheons (100% 500L French oak barrels) with a portion chilled and left on skins for 2 nights. Colour, tannin and phenolics are extracted by this cold soaking technique. Rested over winter in the same puncheons, the wine is then bottled in early summer. – Stefano Lubiana Wines

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Stefano Lubiana Wines exude Tasmania in its purest form – from its soil to your family table.
Our environmentally holistic practices and care for our low-cropping Derwent River estate
follows through to the winery with minimal intervention meeting modern techniques. The
resulting wines are world class quality, to be enjoyed with hearty food and good company.

Tasmania’s first and only biodynamic vineyard

We are Tasmania’s first and only certified biodynamic vineyard, and have been cultivating our vines using biodynamic methods since 2010. This means that our wines are free of all synthetic treatments, additives and pesticides. Instead we travel the alternative path, stepping back in time and using cosmic rhythms to ensure soil regenereation as well as effective vine care through all phases of the year’s seasonal cycles.

These methods enhance our attention to detail in the vineyard and winery, as we’re more alert to the signals of Mother Nature and her messengers. Every season, we’re becoming more attuned to the synergies between our varied soil types, their organisms, the local flora and fauna, and of course our vines.

While we have a strong focus on sparkling wines as well as Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, we love experimenting and exploring. Don’t be surprised if you visit the cellar door to find a Blaufränkisch or Malvasia (or maybe a nip of grappa) tucked away behind the tasting bench.

CellarHand

CellarHand is a fine-wine importer and wholesale distributor, with a portfolio featuring some of the most sought-after estates of Germany, Austria, France and Italy, as well some of the greatest producers from Australia and New Zealand. Our ethos has always been to build a portfolio as you’d construct the perfect wine list. We work with small, family producers who express the best of their regions. The wines we sell are the wines we enjoy, and the people who make them are like family to us. They are wines that taste of where they come from, and though they’re steeped in history and stamped with the signature of their terroir, they’re more than ever relevant – and desirable – to the Australian diner of today.

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