2024 1000 Fires, Chenin & Sauvignon Blanc, McLaren Vale
13% alc.
 
VINES: 
Chenin - Grown by Lulu in Blewitt Springs.  Deep white sand on clay interspersed with schist. Sauvignon blanc – Grown by Jim Zerella in Peter’s creek (380m). Red clay interspersed with broken shale and quartzite.
 
WINEMAKING:
Chenin, destemmed and pressed to old French oak to age.
Sauvignon Blanc, skin contact ferment in clay amphora, pressed after 11 months.
 
TASTING NOTES:
Citrus and apples, long acid drive, very spacious on the pallet with an ethereal mouthfeel.