About This Wine
CBDB stands for Chenin Blanc Dynamic Blend.
This wine is made from 100% Chenin Blanc grown in Yallingup, Margaret River, from a certified organic and biodynamic site at the northern end of the cape.
The vineyard is mostly unkept, unpruned and lacks traditional trellising. The vines sprawl everywhere, with pigs, geese, guineafowl and cows roaming free.
The site faces north, with a little creek running through the middle of the vineyard. Native flowers and plants grow under the rows, with no herbicides or pesticides sprayed and no cultivation.
It is one of only a few certified biodynamic vineyards in the region and was one of the first to receive Demeter certification.
The fruit was hand picked and showed varied levels of ripeness through the vineyard and crop. It was chilled overnight and hand sorted before being lightly cold pressed as whole bunches, very gently over a few hours.
A portion of the fruit was left to soak with skins prior to fermentation for 40 hours. The juice was left to naturally settle prior to fermentation.
No malolactic fermentation was used. Fortnightly lees stirring was carried out before bottling with no fining and light filtration.
Producer Notes
Tastes like: pink grapefruit, coconut, passionfruit, passiona, pavlova and lime.
Specifications
- Vintage: 2025
- Grape Variety: 100% Chenin Blanc
- Region: Yallingup / Margaret River / Western Australia / Australia
- Vineyard / Geo info: North-facing certified organic and biodynamic site; gravelly loam soil
- Fermentation: Whole bunch pressed; portion soaked on skins for 40 hours; no malolactic fermentation
- Maturation: 10 months in barrique/amphora
- Production Attributes: Certified organic and biodynamic grapes; Demeter certification; no herbicides or pesticides; no cultivation; no fining; light filtration
- Closure: Diam cork and hand wax
