Scorpo ‘Bestia’ Skin-contact Pinot Grigio 2022 cannonau It has the spice of

It has the spice of botrytis and the weight of fruit intensity from low yielding vines

with linearity and grip - the melding of fruit skins and soil running the show and finishing with a nice metal-mineral acid thread

The average age of these vines is between twenty-five and thirty years

and well known

At the time of writing the wine is very youthful and tight but it still has ample fruit sweetness that will only become more accessible as the wine matures in bottle

Scorpo ‘Bestia’ Skin-contact Pinot Grigio 2022 cannonau It has the spice ofThe Scorpo Bestia Pinot Grigio is based on the method that my father Sebastian and his friends made white wine from the 1950s on. It was 100% lightly crushed and wild yeast fermented in concrete fermenters that he had built. This of course all occurred in the garage in Coburg, Melbourne. A true garagiste! After fermentation, the wine was basket pressed (which he built himself) and about 250 litres was made. Mostly it was a mixture of Malvasia with