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Praeter 'Stolen Moments' Rosato 2024
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- TASTING NOTE: "100% nebbiolo from the east-facing Kersbook vineyard. It boasts a magnificent watermelon hue, the intensity not by chance. The grapes underwent an 18-hour soak to yield this level of extraction. It smells of Royal Gala apples and grilled yellow peaches. Some fleshy apricot, rose and dried herbs, thyme and bay. Magnificent texture here, the result of a providential decision made by winemaker Matt Large to leave the juice on lees in barrel for 12 months. It grips and steers, lending a spine of spice through the breadth of its billowy fruit. Serious rosato – outside the scope of assumption." 93 Points - Katrina Butler, Halliday
- ABOUT THE WINE: From the Kersbrook Vineyard at the northern end of the Adelaide Hills. An east facing block planted with a low yielding clone of Nebbiolo that produces great concentration and extract. The grapes were destemmed and left to soak for 18 hours to extract colour. They were then pressed and the cloudy juice racked to old French oak barriques for wild fermentation. The wine then underwent spontaneous malolactic fermentation, before being left on lees in barrel for 12 months and tank for a further 3 months in order to allow the wine to build texture.
- ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Praeter. beyond the grape. Praeter is a wine’s story, miles and years from home… Matt Large is a busy man, but at the core of his pursuit is his own brand, Praeter, the name of which is a nod to the idea that wine is an extension and amplification of the expression of nature. Matt is an intuitive winemaker, always seeking to create precise and sensitive wines that clearly express a sense of place, while employing best-practice sustainable viticulture. This talent was recognised early in his career and led to a relatively rapid ascension through the winemaking ranks. Having previously worked as Assistant Winemaker and Vineyard Manager at Shadowfax Winery – across their Macedon Ranges sites – Matt has recently accepted a role as senior winemaker at Shaw + Smith and Tolpuddle Vineyard under Adam Wadewitz. For a long time, Matt had a desire to work in Piedmont and grasp the intricacies of the vineyards, as well as learn the traditional techniques of Barolo and Barbaresco. Enter Peter Johns, who introduced Matt to ex-Bruno Giacosa winemaker Francesco Versio in 2017, creating a watershed moment in the development of the Praeter brand. Matt worked vintage with Francesco in 2017 at Figli Luigi Oddero in La Morra and was asked to take on a permanent Assistant Vintage Winemaker role – a position he still holds today. Using fruit from Luigi Oddero’s vineyards, Matt also made his first wine there, the 2017 Vino Rosso. After that first vintage stint, in 2018 Matt managed to secure a parcel of Nebbiolo from the Malakoff vineyard in Victoria, and the Praeter offering was fleshed out a little more. From 2020, Matt released a trio of reds, including a Langhe Nebbiolo DOC and Vino Rosso IGT and he has rounded this off with the release in 2022 of his first Chinato, an adventurous new project from this dynamic young winemaker.
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: Adelaide Hills, South Australia
- VARIETAL: Nebbiolo
- WINE STYLE: Rose Wine
- WINEMAKER: Matt Large
- CLASSIFICATION: Sustainable Farming
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 13.5%
- SIZE: 750ml
