2023 Koerner Rolle Vermentino

Here Damon Koerner puts an interesting spin on an already interesting variety. This is a Vermentino with some attitude.

He use a canny combination of skin contact and ageing in old oak to bring extra layers of complexity to a variety often thought of as mono-dimensional.

This is smashability writ large and arguably the finest example of Vermentino in the country.

94 points
"For such a light weight (10.5% alcohol) and modest skin contact, there’s so much flavour and texture here... A thirst-slaking nature, a true palate resetter, but wonderfully evocative of the variety, in its own unique and complex style. Bravo."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)