Dormilona Clayface Chenin Blanc 2024

Dormilona Clayface Chenin Blanc is a Margaret River Chenin Blanc fermented and aged in clay.

Unlike the earlier skin-fermented releases, this vintage was pressed as whole bunches straight into amphora, which means no skin contact and a cleaner, more direct line. Fermentation ran its full natural course, malolactic followed, and the wine sat four months on full lees in the same clay before being hand bottled. Chenin Blanc holds acidity better than almost any white variety, and that is what lets a wine like this take lees ageing without turning soft. Everything is done by hand and in small volume, as it is across the range.

Lees time shows up as texture instead of richness, over lemon, nashi pear and a faint honeyed note, with a dry, saline finish. Serve at 10 to 11 degrees. It works with grilled fish, a ham sandwich, roast vegetables, or a mild washed-rind cheese.

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