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Sumptuous and structured Gamay from one of Victoria's most iconic wine families.
Gamay, but make it serious. That’s exactly what Nick Farr has done with Farr Rising Gamay, a wine that carries all the playfulness of the variety while still delivering the depth, structure, and unmistakable house style that defines the Farr name.
Grafted onto own-rooted Cabernet vines planted in 1999, this Gamay grows in black cracking clay with submerged volcanic pebbles and boulders at one end, and more vigorous chocolate-coloured soil at the other. The fruit is hand-picked, whole-bunch fermented carbonically for 10 days, then foot-stomped, pressed, and transferred to seasoned five-year-old barrels to finish fermentation before bottling eight months later.
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From the first swirl, it’s dark and bright at once, throwing out spice, salinity, graphite, and savoury herbs, before revealing a softer, perfumed layer of musk and ripe Christmas cherries—a dead giveaway of its carbonic maceration origins.
The palate is summer berries and cream, with a silky, mouth-filling generosity that sets it apart from most Gamay, while still keeping one foot firmly in the classic varietal style.
