Description
"Viognier’s exotic opulence produces a wine of seductive and perfumed pleasure. A low yielding, high quality vintage producing excellent, intense wines in small quantities. Unusually all of the Viognier was picked on the same day, due to the small crop. It was picked on March 1, and bottled Feb 2023. The grapes were brought to the winery in the picking buckets and then transferred to the sorting table to remove leaves and any damaged grapes. Very gentle whole bunch pressing to minimise phenolic extraction. The juice was settled and racked off solids before wild fermentation in old barrels. It stayed on its lees in the barrels, with some stirring, for about 10 months. On the nose, exotic notes of apricot, peach blossom and burnt honey sit beside lifted aromas of white tea, ginger and lemon verbena. The palate is similarly complex with an unctuous, yet gently pithy framework that delivers both perfumed volume and lively length." - Winemaker Notes
"Barrel fermented and matured for 10 months in large-format oak. A bright green gold. A hedonistic bouquet of ripe nectarines and apricots together with glacé ginger and honey. Textured but not overdone on the palate, which is gently saline and very nicely balanced. It's delicious now, but this has enough of everything to still be looking good three to four years from now too. A truly lovely example." - 96 Points, Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion
