2021 Chalmers Falanghina

2021 Chalmers Falanghina is the second release of Chalmers Falanghina, a vine variety this visionary grape-growing family first imported in 2015 and vinified as a Project wine in 2018. The vines grow on the Chalmers vineyard’s soils of basalt, shale, sandstone, dolerite, quartz and limestone at an elevation of 210-225m.
The grapes were handpicked and pressed as whole bunches on 9th March 2021. The must was fermented with indigenous yeast in stainless steel, where the wine spent six months on lees. This vegan-friendly wine was made with no additions apart from a pinch of sulphur.
It’s an exotic, racy wine with notes of orchid, fresh lychee, lime and white stones and a persistent finish.