Konpira Maru 'Mt Midoryama Total Victory' Pet Nat 2025
The Wine
90% Vermentino, 10% Riesling
Crafted with minimal intervention and maximum character, this pétillant naturel overflows with fresh fruitiness, untamed energy, and a crisp, dry finish. Look out for zesty notes of green apple, lemon peel, juicy white peach, and a touch of brioche, all brought to life by its lively bubbles. Unfined, unfiltered, and sealed with a crown cap, it's spontaneous, vibrant, and undeniably drinkable.
The Details
Variety - Vermentino, Riesling
Country - Australia
Region - Victoria
Sub Region - King Valley
Extra - Crown Seal
Year - 2025
Volume - 750ml
About the Wine Maker 
Konpira Maru started, as many great concepts do, as an idea born from two mates having a beer at the pub. Working in the retail, production and education sectors of the wine industry for many years, Alastair Reed and Sam Cook were searching for their own
creative outlet. Sharing similar viticultural, winemaking and beer-drinking values, they set out on a vinous journey and from these humble beginnings, produced the first vintage in 2014, which resulted in just 600 bottles.
The goal was simple – to produce wines that were both full of character and with a high drinkability factor; and also to inject a littlefun back into an industry often accused of taking itself too seriously. With their memorable labels and irrepressible attitudes, the pair
are quickly becoming must-haves on the natural wine circuit. All ferments use only natural yeasts. With little to no use of oak thesewines are all about fruit purity and transparency.
No adjustments are made throughout vinification, save for a very small amount of
sulphur at bottling, and even then only if deemed necessary. Wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered. Working closely with their crew of dedicated growers and now spanning regions as diverse as South Burnett, the Granite Belt and Kilmore, along with their organically farmed self-managed Whitlands vineyards in the Victorian high country, Konpira Maru’s star is seriously on the rise.
Each and every release over the past few years has seen Al and Sam take big steps forward; getting to know the vineyards better is yielding a deeper understanding of how to best express these sites, and constantly refining their craft in the winery is translating to
wines of greater purity and balance. These are undeniably joyous wines but with a serious and contemporary edge. The aim is tomake interesting wines with minimal intervention and maximum care. The results are nothing less.
