Hand harvested
with minimal selection required following beautiful calm ripening on April 8th.
Large grand berries with the odd blemish from the sun barely fit through the
holes in our destemmer. A visually stunning variety.

The Malvasia
was Gently destemmed to a small 1tonne stainless fermenter with lid where it
was left till the first day of Spring. Basket pressed with the hard squeeze
kept separate the wine was left in seasoned hogs heads and barriques until
being racked once to tank before bottling unfined unfiltered in February 2024.

It’s a rich golden colour and teems with sweet citrus, bruised red apples, honey blossoms and a sweet bakery lift of frangipani and biscuits. The palate is full, fleshy and mouthcoatingly savoury, with a fresh, sweet-citrus cut and thrust and a lovely, rich lick of oxidative nuttiness on the lengthy finish. Terrific wine, terrific value. 

Malvasia
Istriana is seen as a high quality versatile grape variety in Friuli lending
weight and aromatics to blends and in its own right

The Malvasia
was planted at Quealy in 2014 with just 3 rows or … ha this is our smallest
plantings of a single varietal onsite.