Tasting Notes for Wildman Wines Astro Bunny Pet Nat 2021 from the Winery

Astro Bunny is a clever blend of varieties from three different South Australian regions, each growing in the area the variety is climatically best suited to produce. Fiano and Arneis from the Adelaide Hills provide freshness and acidity, Nero d’Avola and Mataro from McLaren Vale bring juicy fruit and colour, while old-vine Zibibbo from Loxton in the Riverland provides distinctive peachy aromas.

Nectarine orange colour with explosive peachy, floral aromas. Frothy & foaming, mouthfuls of pink grapefruit & zingy cut-lime fruit with a smashable watermelon wetness providing great gluggability. She’s fun! 

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Varieties

Fiano, Nero d’Avola, Zibibbo

Terroir

Nero d’Avola from the warm, Mediterranean McLaren Vale; Fiano from the cool, high-altitude Adelaide Hills; Zibibbo from the historic old vines in the Riverland.

Vineyard

Sue Trott, McLaren Vale/Amadio, Adelaide Hills/Gums and Roses, Riverland

Viticulture

All apply sustainable practices with a focus on minimising inputs and maximising vine health.

Winemaking 

All fruit picked within one week to retain natural acidity and moderate potential alcohol. The Zibibbo sees 24 hours pre-ferment skin contact and the Nero is taken from the press after just a few hours. The three varieties co-ferment before bottling with 12 g/L residual sugar. Secondary ferment occurs in bottle over winter, with a final pressure of 2.5 to 3.0 bar (producing a gentle foam rather than an aggressive fizz). Wild yeast, no adds, no filtration, no fining, zero sulphur.

Wildman Wines

Pét-nat is The Wildman’s thing, and anyone who has followed the progression of the style in Australia would have come across his cult bottling, Astro Bunny. Inspired by the pét-nats from the Loire Valley he was drinking in London wine bars, Tim quit the day job and moved from the UK to South Australia in 2013 to fulfil his dream of making an Australian pét-nat, and he got straight to it—2014 was his first vintage.

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