Nomads Garden 'Baxendale Vineyard’ Skin Contact 2023

 "The fruit (Sauvignon Blanc) used to create our 2O23 Skin Contact White comes from the incredible Baxendale Vineyard which sits like an island in the sky, hovering at 62OmASL above the township of Whitfield. It’s truly a remarkable site that words simply don’t do justice. 36O° panoramic views in all directions of the nearby mountains and valleys.

The cool climate site allows a super long growing season and the retention of natural acidity. Incredibly this was the last fruit we received into our winery in 2O23 and was picked together with the fruit used to make Pet Nat. The fruit was picked using the latest generation of high tech selective harvester the night before the heavens opened, the fruit was taken at just the right time and incredibly clean, a great effort in a testing year for our growers.

Again in 2O23 we have pushed further away from making this wine in oxidative manor, the winemaking is incredibly simple and has evolved vastly since our maiden release in 2O19. The wine shows a pale blonde colour in glass. The bouquet exhibits a unique combination subtle floral notes and wet stone. The palate shows great concentration and balance, despite having 136 days on skins the wine is not dominated by the skin contact, instead it has simply added a new dimension to the wine. Its contribution is to the texture and length of the wine. In our opinion this is a great step for us in our quest to create a skin contact white wine that is both interesting to drink yet immensely drinkable."

- Winemakers Notes

VINEYARD: BAXENDALE VINEYARD

REGION/GI: KING VALLEY / Whitlands

GROWER: JIM BAXENDALE

RESIDUAL SUGAR: O.Og

ALC/VOL : 12.5%

ACID: 7.2g/L pH: 3.3

PICKED: O6/O4/2O23

BOTTLED: MAY 2O23 unfiltered

BAUME: 12.O at picking