Spinifex Lola 2021
Varietal/s: Semillon 66%, Clairette 15%, Ugni Blanc 12%, Vermentino 7%
Lots of European detail at a very inexpensive price. Nothing else like it.
Semillon is the heart of the blend in 2018 Lola. It has been grown in the Barossa Valley since the 1850's, self-evident proof of its suitability to grow in the local soils with the local climate. Three old Semillon vineyards are used in Lola, being 60, 70 and 90 years old.
Clairette is a relative new comer to the valley and shows great potential, the berries are tough, easily coping with the warm dusty winds of the Barossan summers - and being a late ripener is acid retentive and holds its freshness.
The two Ugni blanc vineyards are 70 and 110 years of age. Ugni's strengths are its acid balance, complex herbal aromatics and supple structure.