2O23 was a vintage that required much tireless work in the vineyards as a result of a very wet humid start to the growing season. However those who managed to get there vines through to Christmas disease free were rewarded with fruit displaying an amazing vibrancy and natural acidity thanks to the super weather conditions.

Machine picked in the cool of the night and immediately pressed to stainless steel the initial press cut was made at about 5OOL/T with pressings the pressings kept separate. Fiano is naturally quite a phenolic variety which is why we make an early press cut. The pressings then had some skins added back to the tank where they remained for some 124 days, this technique works well to remove harsh tannin and phenolics from the pressings but also adds texture and another dimension to the wine.

A healthy natural wild yeast fermentation commenced almost immediately in the component on skins, a small amount of this was used to seed the free run component. The ferment was kept ultra cool at 13c throughout fermentation and racked clean off lees once fermentation was complete. The only additions made to this wine were bentonite, nutrients and PMS.

Variety: Fiano
Region: King Valley | Victoria | Australia
Size: 750mL
Alcohol Volume: 13.00%
Standard Drinks: 7.7
Contains Sulphites
Vegan Friendly
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Nomads Garden is a family run operation, headed up by husband and wife team Ben and Ellie Schulz Dahlenburg. With Ben making the wine, Ellie is in charge of operations, wholesale, and distribution. Ellie and Ben both grew up in winemaking families - so are excited to share their own wine offering with the world. Nomads Garden was started because they believe that low intervention, natural wine methods can be used to produce a quality wine, at price that doesn’t break the bank. Ben and Ellie are passionate about sharing a good bottle of wine with friends, over a good meal.

Peter’s vineyard is always meticulously kept and it was no surprise to us that he had no trouble navigating the many curveballs that were thrown his way with the weather in 2023. The fruit that was delivered to us in the winery had the perfect numbers we look for in Fiano and was squeaky clean. We are firm believers that good fruit is the key to good wine.