Jauma Hola Nuria Pet Nat 2020

Hola Nuria is a pét-nat made by James Erskine of Jauma, based in Lenswood in the Adelaide Hills. The name is Catalan for "Hi Nuria" — a reference to Nuria, a winemaker and sommelier at Bar Brutal in Barcelona, who makes her own Muscat pét-nat. Erskine bottled this wine as a direct homage after tasting her work.

The blend is predominantly Verdelho with a small addition of Muscat. It is made in the ancestral method: bottled before primary fermentation completes, trapping CO2 naturally in the bottle. The wine is left undisgorged and sealed under crown cap. No sulfur is added at any stage. Organic, dry-farmed fruit.

In the glass it shows light spritz and a gentle mousse — pét-nat character means effervescence varies bottle to bottle. Jauma describes the flavors as honeydew, apple, and fizz. The Muscat adds a floral, lightly aromatic lift to what is otherwise a clean, low-alcohol sparkling wine at 12% ABV.

James Erskine has not used sulfur since 2015 and makes no additions of any kind. All wines are closed under crown seal, a format he adopted after observing it used in Japan and finding it better suited to natural wine stability than cork.