Delinquente 'Hell" Skin Contact Vermentino 2022 (750 ml)

Experimental.  Boundary pushing. Just plain delicious. Our “Hell” wines represent us daring to dream, taking inspiration from our vinous heroes and using some more out-there winemaking techniques to make wines that excite us.

All fruit for the 2022 Hell wines was sourced from the Bassham Organic and Biodynamic vineyard in The Riverland.

Fermented on skins for 2 weeks, our 2022 Vermentino is an instant transportation device to the Ligurian coastline. A wine all about layers, complexity and energy, the citrusy nature of Vermentino shows itself here in an intense, pithy, lemon sorbet like tang.  Herbaceous and bright, freshly cut jalapeño cutting through crunchy tannin with an oily texture and saline finish. Drink with fish tacos or spicy Thai salad. 

Delinquente Wine Co makes small batch, minimal intervention wines from Southern Italian grape varieties grown in The Riverland, South Australia. Sourcing fruit from two organically farmed vineyards, my aim is to make wines that focus on drinkability – picking early for low alcohols and high natural acidity, and clean, fresh fruit characters. Having grown up in The Riverland, I want to make wines that shine, and that the region can be proud of. By focusing on Southern Italian varieties such as Vermentino and Nero d’Avola, our wines are not only delicious, but are more sustainable, as these varieties are naturally more heat tolerant and drought resistant than the Burgundy and Bordeaux varieties traditionally planted in the region. More than anything, however, I want to make wines that are true to me, true to the region that they are from, with as little intervention as possible, and that are as enjoyable as possible for those drinking them.

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