Scorpo ‘Bestia’ Skin-contact Pinot Grigio 2022 trepat making for density and concentration

making for density and concentration

generous texture and walks a tightrope into balancing citrus pith

James Johnston

delicatessen meats and cherries

rich and warm with raspberry

Scorpo ‘Bestia’ Skin-contact Pinot Grigio 2022 trepat making for density and concentrationThe Scorpo Bestia Pinot Grigio is based on the method that my father Sebastian and his friends made white wine from the 1950s on. It was 100% lightly crushed and wild yeast fermented in concrete fermenters that he had built. This of course all occurred in the garage in Coburg, Melbourne. A true garagiste! After fermentation, the wine was basket pressed (which he built himself) and about 250 litres was made. Mostly it was a mixture of Malvasia with