Small FERMENTS, BIG INTEREST
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WINES
Somos: (v) [ 'so mos ]:
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The Biodynamic Vermy
ALMOST GONE
2020 Somos Biodynamically Farmed Vermentino
McLaren Vale, South Australia
Texture City
SUB REGION: McLaren Vale
VINEYARD: Hiltop/Paxton
WINEMAKING: Fruit was hand-picked and was gently basket pressed straight into old French barriques, and it fermented wild. 10% was destemmed and left on skins, it fully fermented on skins and was pressed after 10 days. We let the wine age on gross lees for 9 months to develop mineral sur-lie aromatics. It was kept in bottle for 3 months before release.
Alc.%: 13.2
The Mosaic Masterpiece
2021 Somos Pinot Meunier
Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Light, Bright and Juicy
SUB REGION: Forreston
WINEMAKING: Single vineyard, handpicked Pinot Meunier from Forreston in the Adelaide Hills, grown by Jan and Theo Moskos. 100% Wholebunch ferment, which was sealed in VC tank for 30 days, undergoing fully wild proper carbonic maceration. We the pressed the wine gently to another VC tank to finish sugar fermentation, it was then aged sur lie in tank, with no oak. A lifted, vibrant cherry nose, with herbacious wholebunch stemminess. Early picked fruit means low alcohol, and at 11.8% the wine is light, bright and crunchy, with beautiful perfumed red cherry fruits and savoury stem characters, and that quintessential cola-like carbonic maceration flavour on the mid-palate. a wine to drink at any temperature, with a chill or without. Bon.
Alc %: 11.8
The Rosé
2021 Somos Barbera Rosé
McLaren Vale, South Australia
Textural & Bright
SUB REGION: Willunga
VINEYARD: House Block
WINEMAKING: We basket pressed this one to old french hogsheads, barrel fermented at low temperatures with plenty of stirring. It was then aged in barrel on lees, with occassionaly stirring to temper the naturally high barbera acidity and round out the palate.
Alc.%: 13.3
NEW VINTAGE
The Little White
2021 Somos Blanquito
Multiregional
VINEYARD: ????
WINEMAKING: An intriguing blend of Vermentino (88%), Verdelho (8%), Pinot Gris (2%) and Sauvignon Blanc. From vineyards across the Riverland and the Adelaide Hills. Fresh, textural, green apples and minerality, perfect for summer and seafood. Think Muscadet or Soave, easy drinking, approachable and fun.
Alc.%: 12.4
NEW RELEASE
The Little Orange
2021 Somos Naranjito
McLaren Vale, South Australia
VINEYARD: Sentier
WINEMAKING: An orange wine from 100% Biodynamically farmed Verdelho, from a small vineyard in McLaren Flat. Picked twice, one early pick, one later riper pick. Destemmed and fermented on skins, 50% was pressed to old oak after 1 month and lees stirred fortnightly to build texture, 50% was sealed on skins for 180 days. The resulting orange wine is vibrant orange in colour, unfined and unfiltered so the wine has an appealing cloudiness. Heaps of ginger spice, tangerine, orange peel, baked pears, and hints of toffee apple on the nose, with a compelling full palate, textural and soft with bright orange pith, mandarin crunch, and soft brioche and caramel notes.
Alc.%: 12.9
NEW VINTAGE
The Little Red
2021 Somos Tintito
Multiregional
VINEYARD: ????
WINEMAKING: An intriguing blend of : 69% Grenache, 12% Uva di Troia, 10% Pinot Meunier, 9% Mencia from multiple regions. It is a collection of small parcels with different winemaking techniques. For the first time in 2021 using Uva di Troia, and onscure southern Italian red variety, light in colour, juicy and fresh. Vin de soif, made for easy drinking with interest.
Alc.%: 13.5
SOLD OUT
The Iberian Lynx
2020 Somos Mencía
Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Ethereal
SUB REGION: Macclesfield
VINEYARD: Jon O'Connell
WINEMAKING: Single vineyard & handpicked. We did a heap of small wild ferments, some with tons of whole-bunches, some without. Some got pressed early, and others we left on skins for a bit longer. Each got pressed separately and into 2-4th fill Burgundian French Oak for close to a year. Trying to follow the canons in Ribeira Sacra where this variety has restraint and poise to the point of the sublime, this is a really delicate, floral, bunchy expression.
Alc.%: 13.0
The Biodynamic Agli
2020 Somos Biodynamically Farmed Aglianico
McLaren Vale, South Australia
Complex & Floral
SUB REGION: McLaren Vale
VINEYARD: Hiltop/Paxton
WINEMAKING: Picked in April it came in quite cold. About 25% was laid into tank as wholebunches.Sealed the tank and chilled for a cold soak and to start carbonic maceration. We let it warm naturally and wild ferment and was plunged daily by hand. We basket pressed before it finished fermentation to avoid extraction of Aglianico’s typical grip.Matured in 3rd and 4th fill oak, and it sat for 10 months before racking and bottling unfined and unfiltered.
Alc.%: 12.8
ALMOST GONE
The Cab Franc
2020 Somos Cabernet Franc
McLaren Vale, South Australia
Leafy & Juicy
SUB REGION: Willunga
VINEYARD: Slate Creek
WINEMAKING: A little vineyard in Willunga, picked in two waves, one early and herbaceous, one later for generosity, blended to make one complete wine. Wild fermented, pressed early to old oak and then bottled after 9 months.
Alc.%: 13.6
SOLD OUT
The Mexican
2018 Somos Nebbicholo
Valle de Ojos Negros, Baja California, Mexico
The Mexican Vino
VINEYARD: Mauricio's Family Vineyard
WINEMAKING: The Nebbicholo is a co-ferment of Nebbiolo, Shiraz, and Malbec. All varieties were hand-harvested on the same day in late September. All of the Nebbiolo and Malbec were placed into the tank as whole-bunch, and all the Shiraz was destemmed on top. It wild-fermented on low temperatures for 25 days. It spent 6 months on lees, and was bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Alc.%: 12.9
NEW BUBBLES!
The Spooky Bubbles
2021 Somos
Franc-enstein
Cabernet Franc/ Sauvignon Blanc
Pet-Nat Sparkling
McLaren Vale / Adelaide Hills
VINEYARD:
Cabernet Franc – McLaren Vale - Willunga
Sauvignon Blanc – Adelaide Hills – Macclesfield
WINEMAKING: Franc-enstein is a co-ferment of direct pressed Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. The juices is blended together in tank and wild fermented on full solids. Meanwhile we froze some Sauvignon Blanc juice to add back later when things were still active but calm enough to bottle. Frankensteined into crown seal bottles and allowed to do it's thing the resulting wine is crisp, fresh and refreshing, with heaps of red cranberry and currant fruit, grassy herbaceous Sauvignon Blanc notes and a nice long crisp finish. Drink cold. No SO2, Vegan Friendly.
Alc.%: 12.9
WE ARE
Minimal intervention. Single vineyard. Small ferments. Big interest.
Somos means "we are" in Spanish. These are the wines we love to drink, and in essence they are what we are about. Youthful, juicy, vibrant and textural. Wines made by Ben Caldwell and Mauricio Ruiz Cantú.
