A very aromatic light red abundant in shiny red fruits, soft cherries and red apple skin with raspberry licorice belts and a little alpine herb. A thirst-quencher in the truest sense, it’s a low-tannin high-acid refresher of immense drinkability. The first Gamay from La Prova displays the variety’s great energy, the Adelaide Hills’ distinctive fruitiness and La Prova’s unmatched hand with alternative varieties.

The Hill-Smith Vineyard was planted to several Gamay clones six years ago. La Prova selected one tonne from Block 15, as it looked the tastiest on the vine. This block is 416 MASL and has a slight southerly aspect, however being at the top of the hill gets a full day's sunshine, and the tops of the hills have typically shallow soils. So the sandy loam over weathered bedrock drains freely, and is not vigorous which is a good thing as Gamay likes to be productive and needs some reigning in.

Hand picked on the 28th of March from the Hill-Smith Vineyard in Woodside, Adelaide Hills, directly into a fermenter which then was closed up cover of carbon dioxide and left to undergo carbonic maceration for 12 days. Then destemmed into a couple of picking bins and fermented on skins for two days, with a couple of plunges per day and pressed the deliciousness to two old large barrels. Bottled in December 2022.

Alc/Vol: 12.1%