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This wine was the beginning of an amazing, rewarding quest to learn as much as I could; to evolve and push my self out of my comfort zone. It was an opportunity to be creative, have fun and top up my drinking pile (which is for some reason always low). This wine is a huge part of my identity and the drop that birthed gegika wines. I hope I can share a bit of me with you in every bottle
In 2022 two friends came together to make wine - gegika and Evangeline aka Georgie and Holly. Growing up in the Barossa surrounded by vines, this wine is a taste of our home. We grew up friends and went through the school years together. You could often find us rocking up to gatherings and parties as teens, with a bottle of Cab tucked under our arm… & not much has changed! Our relationship is all about laugh’s big hugs and love, which we think perfectly mirrors this delicious drop. This wine was made with lots of fun, dance moves and countless nights on the couch road testing our delicious handy work (the most important part when making wine!).
This wine is Cabernet Sauvignon off the Lehmann Family’s House on the Hill block with 2% Eden Valley grown Arneis skins sprinkled in. The Cabernet fruit was hand-picked (about half a tonne) then destemmed and fermented whole berry. We weighed out buckets of Arneis skins fresh out the hydraulic press and mixed it into the ferment. The fermentation was completely wild. Initially, we mostly pumped over (going through the chiller when needed), until it reached about 7 Baumé, we then switched to a hand plunge three times a day until it went dry. After extracting every drop with the hydraulic basket press, it spent a year and a half in a seasoned Francois Freres, French Oak Hogshead. Our vision for this wine, was to create a Cabernet that expressed the fruit and the region in an easy drinking, fun fresh way (it’s bloody smashable ;-) ! We hope when drunk, you also feel that warm fuzzy feeling in your heart that we get; this is home, this is us and this is delicious!
The witch who tried to steal the moon… I think I have made it unashamedly obvious through my previous releases, that I thoroughly enjoy drawing naked ladies. Something is so poetic about the curves and lines you can create. Originally this drawing was quickly scribbled down at the david Franz Cellardoor (3 or so years ago) on the weekly receipt bag when I was on my lunch break. I kept coming back to the concept of the design, and as time went on the jumping witch evolved. Each bottle was carefully hand silkscreen printed, wax dipped and wrapped by the amazing david Franz shed crew.
Deep bright pomegranate.
Black Forest cake topped with only the best maraschino cherries. My grandpa’s boysenberries sneakily plucked of the bush in summer and mulberries. Subtle herbaceous deliciousness, dancing around perfumed violet that gets your mouth watering, needing, begging for a sip.
Ahhh, the taste of home. There is something so nostalgic to me about Barossa Valley Cabernet. Generous black fruit, juicy blackberries dipped in 90% coca dark chocolate. Supple rhubarb tartness and popping pomegranate burst in your mouth. Strawberries and raspberry coulis shine in the back pallet. Structural yet elegant tannins frame the opulent fruit, with a subtle hint of a fresh pouch of tobacco.
