NATURAL WINE｜2024 Delinquente "Weeping Juan" Pink Pet Nat

2024 Delinquente “Pretty Boy” Nero d’Avola Rosato

Varietal Composition｜100% Nero d’Avola
Flavour｜Candied strawberries and rose petals, with an ever-present strawberries-and-cream note.
Palate｜Blush-pink in the glass. Elegant, fruit-driven and persistent, with a hint of slightly underripe stone fruit (white peach or nectarine). A wonderfully balanced wine.
Bottling Date｜June 2024
Production｜18,000 bottles
Alcohol｜11%
Residual Sugar｜1 g/L

About the Vineyard
Vintage 2024 was close to perfect: warm but never too hot, with a dry growing season that marked a welcome shift from previous years and allowed fruit to ripen steadily. Cool nights preserved freshness and acidity at high levels. With healthy yields across the board, the winery had the flexibility to select the best parcels and blend them into a range of wines they were particularly excited about.

Vinification
Fermented naturally in stainless steel with wild yeast. Nero d’Avola, a native Sicilian varietal, thrives in the hot, dry Riverland climate. It is incredibly versatile: though widely known for bold Sicilian reds with sour cherry and naturally high acidity, Delinquente believes it is the perfect grape for rosato. After crushing, the fruit was left on skins for six hours, giving the wine its vibrant pink hue.

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.”