Appearance:
Pale straw with bright clarity.
Bouquet:
A beautiful bouquet of ripe white peaches with notes of grapefruit together with toasty, nutty well integrated oak.
Palate:
Full bodied fruit driven wine with a rich creamy mouthfeel.
Technical Analysis:
Location – 45 Degrees South
Low cropping grapes for this wine were hand harvested from our Te Wairere vineyard in Lowburn, Central Otago.
Climate:
A season of hot dry days and cool nights allowed an extended ripening of very ripe clean fruit still holding good acidity.
Soils:
Fluvial, glacial silts and gravels.
Vine Age:
5 year old vines
Trellis Style:
VSP with cane pruned vines.
Winemakers Comments: Grapes were whole bunch pressed, and fermented in French oak barrels (15% new oak) with wild yeasts. The wine went through malolactic fermentation in the following spring.
Bottled : July 2017
Alcohol : 13 %
