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Ravensworth Charlie-Foxtrot Gamay Noir 2024

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Ravensworth Charlie-Foxtrot Gamay Noir 2024
Ravensworth Charlie-Foxtrot Gamay Noir 2024
Producer Ravensworth
Region, Country Canberra, Australia
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 12
Product Code 25232-750

Flying high above Canberra, the Johansen Vineyards sits at 710 meters. In this soaring vineyard, mature Gamay vines flourish on rich basalt, iron-magnesium, and feldspar soils. The vineyard is planted with some of the oldest Gamay Noir vines in the country. “This is an old and very dark clone” Martin explains, “it goes back to the first in the country.” In the winery, Bryan uses both carbonic and whole-berry maceration, with around 4 weeks on skins. The big difference this year is the extended maturation in Italian concrete. The wine spends 15 months in Nico Velo cement pyramids before bottling.

Ravensworth Charlie-Foxtrot Gamay Noir 2024
Ravensworth Charlie-Foxtrot Gamay Noir 2024

Reviews

“From the Johansen Vineyard, and that is in Tumbarumba. It is only fermented and matured in concrete. It’s a strange thing, as I usually say it is winemaker prerogative to decide closure of their bottles, and my comment won’t mean much, but I kind of feel all of Ravensworth wines would do better with fancy cork, Diam or the eco-cork thingos. Just comes to mind it fits better, in a way – this one is screwcap. This is tart and fresh, juicy in a way but with a cut and thrust of crispness and briny, blood orange lift. Just ripe cherries, cranberry, a bit of uplifting white balsamic in the midst. A bit of an edgy wine, but in the best sense frisky and keen. It also has quite the alpine bent. Neat, and fun.”
90 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front

Reviews

“From the Johansen Vineyard, and that is in Tumbarumba. It is only fermented and matured in concrete. It’s a strange thing, as I usually say it is winemaker prerogative to decide closure of their bottles, and my comment won’t mean much, but I kind of feel all of Ravensworth wines would do better with fancy cork, Diam or the eco-cork thingos. Just comes to mind it fits better, in a way – this one is screwcap. This is tart and fresh, juicy in a way but with a cut and thrust of crispness and briny, blood orange lift. Just ripe cherries, cranberry, a bit of uplifting white balsamic in the midst. A bit of an edgy wine, but in the best sense frisky and keen. It also has quite the alpine bent. Neat, and fun.”
90 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front

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