Double Gold Medal – New Zealand International Wine Show 2024
Winery notes (2024 Vintage)
"Luna Crescente means crescent moon in Italian. For biodynamic farmers the waning crescent moon is a time for us to down tools, relax and let the vineyard rest. We reckon Luna Crescente Fiano is the perfect wine to savour while you take a bit of time out.
Lively and fragrant with delightful white blossom aromas and hints of honey. Crisp flavours of Packham pear and peach fill the palate. If you like your whites dry, flavourful and textured."
92/100 Marcus Ellis, James Halliday's Wine Companion (2024 Vintage)
"Mainly tank with 24% across oak, concrete and amphora with a tiny fraction of skin contact. Like the rose in the same range of the Gemtree stable, this confidently walks a line between offering flavourful generosity and vivid freshness without straying too much either way. Lisbon lemon, cider apple, green pear, tomatillo and faint orchard blossoms. There's an appealing savouriness that elevates this, keeping its fruitfulness while never feeling fruity. Acidity feels natural, settled, with a whisper of citrus pith grip a pleasing foil."
91/100 QWineReviews.com (2024 Vintage)
"The Fiano market in McLaren Vale has been a very popular place in recent years and this release part of the new Foundation Collection of wines from Gemtree shows that it can mix it with the old firm too. Respect!
From certified organic and biodynamic vineyards, pears, white fleshed stonefruit and flickers of poached green apple are the order of the day. A whisper of honey chimes in as does some cut herbs that lurk on the edge but they don't overplay their hand. It's a wine with great length and feel offering a fine spice tickle that has the last word before the crisp acidity cuts in. An easy go-to entertainer. Tick!"