Churchview Limited Release Wild Fermented Marsanne 2024

If I have ever seen a Marsanne from Margaret River, I certainly can’t recall it (whether that reflects badly on the wine or myself, I shall refrain from suggesting). Needless to say, this is not a common wine style. Fermentation was in tank before the wine was transferred to old oak puncheons for a spell, during which it underwent occasional bâtonnage. Yellow straw in colour, the nose is redolent with notes of stone fruits, nuts, florals, peaches, dry herbs and a flick of citrus. Seamless, with bright acidity running the full journey, there is a long and lingering finish to this well balanced wine. Ten years, if you can really hold off for that long.