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06 Mar

Posted at 02:21h in News
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Lots of love and passion for FREEMAN Furmint 2024 from the crew at Young Gun of Wine…

‘The first and only example of a dry wine from the Hungarian variety furmint, also happens to be a delicious drop. Deft balance…and detail against big flavours and palate presence, we can chalk this one up as another win for Brian Freeman one of Australia’s foremost experts in alternative varieties.’

The Young Guns swirled and sipped the second FREEMAN Furmint release, which they commended for its

‘Beautiful burnished gold colour… with a cider-like nose of bruised green apple pulp and slippery apple skins, backed with rich, unctuous notes of lanolin. Underneath this, notes of hay, clover flower, beeswax, Greek mountain tea, lemon blossom and lemon pith gradually emerge. The palate is fresher than the relatively rich nose suggests, with a zesty acidity that pushes those apple flavours…in a broad, sherbet-like sweep – not at all linear or piercing, but definitely mouthwatering and refreshing. There’s serious flavour and fruit presence here that leads to a persistent finish – one with pronounced chalky minerality and a fine, slippery apple-skin texture… It’s a wine that can stand proudly next to Hungary’s best examples of dry furmint…’

So it’s a little bit special and quite rare. And definitely one to share if you have Hungarian family and friends!

https://www.freemanvineyards.com.au/wines/furmint

10 Nov

Posted at 07:00h in News
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FREEMAN Secco Rondinella Corvina has won the PROVENANCE Trophy and a Top Gold Medal at the 2024 Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show. The flagship Secco is a blend of Rondinella and Corvina (50/50) that was inaugurated with the 2002 vintage. Three vintages spanning two decades were entered  in the AAVWS – 2004, 2007, 2017 – and the judges commendation reads:
‘Top wine [Freeman Secco 2004] proved the test of time – an intriguing and robust 20-year-old, that opened up wonderfully in the glass. A wonderful tasting across decades.’
The accolade marks 20 years of Brian Freeman’s passion for savoury Italianate wines and his lateral innovative thinking. For two decades he has been drying parcels of both Rondinella and Corvina grapes in a neighbour’s dehydrator shed. Fresh-pick parcels are added to the partially dried grapes and are co-fermented to craft FREEMAN Secco (meaning dried in Italian) that is typically aged at least four years before release.
Currently available FREEMAN Secco vintages are FREEMAN Secco 2018 and the Cellar Reserve FREEMAN Secco 2007 [Limited]. ????????