2025 Falanghina

Region

100% McLaren Vale

Winemaker

Corrina Wright, 6th Generation

Winemaking

Vegan friendly. Sustainable Winegrowing Australia certified.

Grape Variety

100% Falanghina (pron. FAH-lahn-GHEE-nah)

History

With 100 ha of premium grapevines on the Taranga property, the Oliver family has over 50 blocks representing different grape varieties, clones, soil types & vine ages. Each vintage, different varieties & blocks will show their strength and from this has been born the ‘SMALL BATCH’ range. Made in small batches of less than two tonnes, these wines have been handcrafted to speak of both the variety and the vintage in which they have been produced.

Aroma

Honeydew melon, stone fruit, citrus blossoms, slight almond nuttiness.

Palate

Medium to full bodied. Preserved lemon, stone fruits and melon again on the palate. A lovely stony mineral grip to the finish, with a waxy element through the mid palate. Dry and structured with nutty tannins and bright acidity.

Wine & Vintage

Falan....what?!?!? Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of this variety yet, it’s very new to Australia. It hails from the same region as Fiano, in Campania around Naples, and we are very excited to now have it planted in the Taranga vineyard. This is the second Falanghina (pron Fah-Lahn-Gee-Nah) produced by Oliver’s and it is made with minimal intervention in Sonoma Stone eggs.

The Year That Continued

We have been learning so much about the Falanghina variety, and how it grows in our McLaren Vale ‘Taranga’ vineyard, over the last few years. It is such a new variety to our shores, that very little was known about how it would perform, compared to its native home in the Campania region of Italy. Turns out, it is a VERY good cropper! It doesn’t have very big berries at all, just giant bunches filled with small ovoid balls of joy! Some bunches are so large, that you can only get one in a whole bucket - how’s that for a great handpicking experience?!? Keeps the bucket boys on their toes, the grapegrower smiling and the winemaker having to find another concrete egg at late notice for the fermentation! Once it is out, you still don’t really know how it will translate to the wine regions of Australia, so it is a very long process indeed. We have been on the wait-list to get this variety for a long time, and now it is finally here! Corrina was enthralled by the variety during her visits to Campania over the years and hopes that this first iteration does the variety justice.

Small Batch Production

7601

Colour

Pale straw

Alcohol

13.5%