2023 - Freyja - SemillonDirect Press Semillon Ginos Block, Swan Valley 253 Bottles Made This wines namesake, Sam and Jess beautiful daughter Freyja, has gotten a year older, and with that has fully embraced the whirling tornado of the toddler years. Semillon grown from our little block in the Swan Valley picked on the third weekend of January 2023. Crushed and pressed to stainless steel tank, fermented for three and a half weeks, transferred to a six year old oak barrique to

It packs notes of blueberry

775 bottles made

with some ripping acidity and concentrated saline minerality

This component was then direct pressed to steel and developed

all zippy lemonade and crunch

Our little dalliance into négociant winemaking for 2020

quickly becoming a cherished part of the annual vintage

providing freshness and driving acid

A very different representation of the Turbulent Juice compared to the 2020

with hints of the strawberry from the carbonic maceration poking through

The Chateau da Swan is a 1000L Georgian Qvevri (think massive

much like how the overly callused