La Spiaggia Sparkling Glera NV

Tasting Note

Pronounced bouquet of chamomile, citrus blossom, white peach and hints of sage. Light bodied with a delicate mousse. Primary flavours of lemon zest, lemon sherbet, green apple and subtle grassy notes. The wine finishes dry and crisp, carried by its crystalline acidity.

Winemaking

Hand Harvested, crushed and destemmed and chilled to 4˚C. Gentle air bag pressed free run juice was cold settled for one week and racked clean. No pressings inclusion. Fermented over 17 days at sub 20˚C with W28 Yeast to enhance the delicate fruit aromatics. Heat and Cold stabilized before fine filtration at the winery and sterile filtration at bottling.

Vineyard

Lopresti Home Block Vineyard – Flour Mill Road, Whites Valley, McLaren Vale.

McLaren Vale’s first Glera plantings. The Glera is grown on the Lopresti Home Block, less than 2 kilometers from the coastal town of Aldinga and only 4 kilometers from the beach itself. Ngaltinga Formation derived alluvial grey sandy clay soils with pockets of sand interbeds support healthy canopy growth which protects the fruit’s delicate thin skin from any sunburn. Cooling sea breezes which run across the Gulf of St Vincent cool the vineyard and help to retain freshness and vibrancy.