First Drop, Cold Sweat, Wilton Vineyard Syrah 2015

East of the Barossa up at Wilton in Eden Valley – 482m above sea level on clay over ironstone and quartz. 

The fruit is crushed/destemed (with 25% wholebunch) and fermented at temperatures ranging from 20- 25°C for 13 days on skins. The ferment is managed by a variety of techniques, including ‘aerative pump overs’ and ‘drain and returns’ which assist in extracting colour, flavour and tannin from the grapes. At the end of fermentation, it is drained/pressed, and transferred to 3 and 4 year old French oak puncheons to undergo MLF. Post MLF, sulphur dioxide is added, and the wines mature sur lie for
16 months. Assemblage takes place at the end of this maturation period. This wine was bottled unfiltered in August 2016.

First Drop was born in 2004. Conceived by two friends, Matt ‘Gantos’ Gant and John ‘JR’ Retsas, with a desire to make wines to drink, not just appreciate. Mother’s Milk!  Based at the ‘Home of the Brave’ in the Barossa, First Drop is making wines with flavour, texture and a splash of funk; from fruit sourced from unique vineyards in the Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale and Barossa to bring you a diverse, deliciously exciting and thought provoking line up of flavours. Seriously fun!