2021 Chalmers Col Fondo Heathcote Aglianico

The wine is bright, creamy and chalky with a delicate fizz and notes of pollen, cassia and ruby grapefruit.

The Chalmers family imported the first Aglianico vines into Australia back in 2001, and produced a first Col Fondo wine in 2019. This 2021 is 100% Aglianico grown on the Chalmers vineyard's soils of basalt, shale, sandstone, dolerite, quartz and limestone at an elevation of 210-225m. The grapes were handpicked on 9th and 10th March 2021. The must was fermented with indigenous yeast in old barriques. The wine was tiraged after five months and is not disgorged, meaning that the lees remain in the bottle. This vegan-friendly was made with no additions apart from a pinch of sulphur.