Medium straw in colour with a golden tint and brilliant clarity. The nose is loaded with intense aromas of rich citrus and mineral notes, with stone fruits, grapefruit with hints of subtle oak usage. The palate has a sumptuous youthful appeal with natural acidity giving balance to the ripe fruit intensity. The oak adds subtle spice, almond and vanilla hints with malolactic and fermentation using multiple yeasts giving complexity and an elegant texture. The finish lingers deliciously.
Wine-
maker's Notes:
Fruit was harvested at optimum ripeness and flavour.Individual block wine off our Gimblett Gravels Vineyardwere hand selected and picked, then whole bunch pressed the juice was lightly settled and then racked to tank for settling. Fermentation was initiated in tank and then the fermenting must was transferred to new French oak barrels. The blend received 50% malo-lactic fermentation and was left on gross lees in barrels with weekly stirring for 9 months. Prior to bottling the wine was lightly fined and stabilized.100% fermented in tight grain French Oak Bariques from quality coopers.
888 cases made
14% Alc.
Unfined Unfiltered
Bottled into 750 Bottles under Screw Cap on 16th January 2010
