NATURAL WINE｜2024 Delinquente “Jaybird” Bianco Macerato

2024 Delinquente “Jaybird” Bianco Macerato

Varietal Composition｜50% Fiano, 30% Arinto, 20% Malvasia
Flavour｜Fresh aromas of citrus, stone fruit and tropical notes, with delicate herbal hints and a fine mineral edge.
Palate｜Light and approachable, with gentle tannin and soft structure. Bright acidity leads to a clean, refreshing finish. An easy-drinking, friendly skin contact white.
Bottling Date｜June 2024
Release Date｜August 2024
Harvest｜March 2024
Production｜7,200 bottles
Alcohol｜11.5%
Residual Sugar｜0 g/L

About the Vineyard
Vintage 2024 was just about perfect. Warm but never too hot, with a bone-dry growing season that was a welcome change from the past few years, allowing fruit to ripen steadily. Cool nights preserved high levels of freshness and acidity. With solid yields across the board, the winemaking team had the flexibility to select the best parcels and craft a suite of wines they were truly excited to share.

Vinification
The Bianco Macerato is designed as an easy-drinking, approachable skin contact white wine. Each parcel was fermented separately: the Fiano was pressed off skins immediately, while the Arinto and Malvasia were fermented on skins until completely sugar dry, up to 14 days. All parcels went through malolactic fermentation and were allowed to settle before blending just prior to bottling.

About Delinquente
Every Delinquente wine comes from a single vineyard, fermented with wild yeast in stainless steel, made vegan, and crafted with minimal intervention. Winemaker Con-Greg’s style is clean and pure, with less emphasis on tannins or oak, and more on acidity, texture, and layered fruit expression.

The bold, tattoo-inspired labels are designed by street artist Ankles, each character based on everyday people—eccentric, provocative, and captivating. They embody Delinquente’s spirit: fun, unpretentious, and rooted in terroir. The wines stand apart from prestigious “cult” bottles, challenging perceptions of the Riverland as only a bulk-wine region.

Con-Greg’s distinctive approach has been widely recognised in Australia, earning him the 2018 Young Gun of Wine Award in South Australia. As he says:
“We’re making weird, tiny-batch wines in the country’s biggest wine region—so in a way, that makes us Delinquente.”