2018 Solita Nebbiolo
“We are old mates and one day, after a couple (well, 4) bottles of inspiring Barolo, we decided to hunt down some good Nebbiolo and make some wine”
Solita is a joint venture with Journalist Nick Stock with Nebbiolo sourced from the Longview vineyard, near Macclesfield, in the Adelaide Hills. Established by Duncan MacGillivray in the early 90’s, Longview is owned by the Saturno family.
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Produced from 1 tonne of Nebbiolo from vines growing on a steep, north-east facing slope and use a combination of clones 230, F12V7, F12V13, and 1-11. The fully de-stemmed grapes undergo wild yeast fermentation in a new French oak Demi-muid, which is then used for maturation of the wine.
Solita is matured in oak for between 36-48 months with further maturation in bottle for up to 7 years prior to release. We began the Solita collaboration in 2004. Production is tiny and because of the vagaries of nature, we don’t manage to make a wine every year. There was no Solita from 2009, 2011, 2012 or 2014 vintages.
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