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Gareth and Rainbo Belton are the Gentle Folks, both in name and in sensibility. They are gentle, soulful people, both originally seaweed experts, who turned their hands to farming grapes with an organic and sustainable approach. Today they are crafting some of the most legitimately exciting and exceptional Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the Adelaide Hills and are firmly rooted in the upper echelon of Australia's lo-fi wine scene.
Their wines cover multiple sub-regions across the Adelaide Hills. There are no additions during the winemaking process, save for a splash of SO2 at bottling to keep the wines pristine as they travel from the Beltons' home to yours. The worlds of fine wine and natural wine collide in the Gentle Folk range. They are beautiful people making increasingly breathtaking wines that you definitely want to check out.
- 2024 Gentle Folk Pinot Noir
- 2024 Gentle Folk Sangiovese
- 2024 Gentle Folk Syrah
- 2024 Gentle Folk Chardonnay
- 2024 Gentle Folk Riesling
- 2024 Gentle Folk Sauvignon Blanc
2024 Gentle Folk Pinot Noir
The Gentle Folk Pinot Noir (formerly Village Pinot Noir) comes from Gareth and Rainbo's Monomeith, Little Creek, Scary Gully and Piccadilly vineyards in the Basket Range of the Adelaide Hills.
It's a lighter, more smashable style of Pinot Noir, the perfect thing to slosh around in tumblers with a slight chill to take in a Sunday afternoon.
It's Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir with no bells and whistles, just good honest wine made to be shared with friends and loved ones.
2024 Gentle Folk Sangiovese
This range of wines (formerly known as Village) from Gareth and Rainbo Belton really are something else. A nice step up for the seaweed couple, with a more serious expression of an already outstanding brand.
A variety that's a bit uncommon in the hills despite its suitability for the region, this Sangiovese is simply sublime. A truly elegant wine, full of blue fruit, framed by chewy tannins with tonnes of development potential in the bottle. Gareth is positively obsessed with the variety and it may well be his favourite variety to make.
So much potential with this wine, it’s one of the wines in the range that we’re most excited to see evolve over the next few years.
"We love Sangiovese above all other grape varieties. There... we said it... As good as lunch wine gets we reckon, and who doesn't love a wine at lunch!"
- Gareth Belton (Winemaker)
2024 Gentle Folk Syrah
Relationships are so important for winemakers looking to source great fruit in premium regions like the Adelaide Hills.
So here, Gareth and Rainbo lean on some friends who are real grower heavyweights in the region; sourcing fruit from Murdoch Hill, and the Turnbull family for their Shiraz.
This wine is perfectly ripe, with all the cool climate traits of pepper and perfume. This is some serious wine, showcasing the value of having the right friends.
2024 Gentle Folk Chardonnay
Increasingly, Chardonnay is becoming the star variety in the Gentle Folk range, with Gareth Belton producing some of the most thrilling examples of the variety in the Adelaide Hills.
The Gentle Folk Chardonnay (formerly known as Village) is a composite blend of all the Chardonnay sites farmed by Gareth and Rainbo. It's a representation of the region and the season and beautifully balanced on release.
It sees exceptional flavour development in the fruit across the sites, with sufficient tannin to lend structure and pure, racy acidity as the backbone.
It's not a flashy Chardonnay but it is inherently complex and stunning to drink.
2024 Gentle Folk Riesling
This wine has been a long labour of love for Gareth and Rainbo Belton.
It's been one of those wines that's been hard to nail down. Birds, rain, something always foiling their plans at the last moment before picking... but thankfully this year, it all came together!
Taking bright and bouncy fruit from the Scary Gully vineyard, they get pressed as whole clusters and left to settle until being racked to do their thing in terracotta eggs for nine months.
It's right in the zone. Enough ripeness, enough acidity to balance out the residual sugar, enough grippy, powdery mouthfeel to lend some interest and framework to the wine.
2024 Gentle Folk Sauvignon Blanc
This is an excellent example of Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc from Gareth Belton.
It showcases a great balance between ripe fruit, barrel-fermented textural elements and the bright natural acidity that is the signature of the region.
Gareth makes an effort to elevate this from just a simple fruit-driven white wine to something with richness and nuance through the careful but clever use of oak.
Refined, complex, and beautifully put together, it sit comfortably amongst the big boys of the Australian Sauvignon scene... watch out Sorrenberg!
"A homage to the great Sauvignon blanc's produced in this country!"
- Gareth Belton (Winemaker)
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Adelaide Hills |
| Australian State | SA |
| Size | 7 |
Gentle Folk
Gareth Belton in one of his vineyards - Basket Range, Adelaide Hills, SA Gentle Folk
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