"An elegant expression of the variety, a portion of the grapes (40%) were hand picked and fermented in seasoned oak barrels using indigenous yeasts. Beautifully fine and delicate, the bouquet shows grapefruit, lemon peel, almond and nectarine characters. The palate delivers excellent focus and linear mouthfeel, backed by bright acidity. The finish is persistent and engaging. A firmly structured, food-friendly wine. At its best: now to 2019" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Apr 2016

Bright straw-yellow with lemon-green hues, aromas of white stonefruit, limes and exo7c yellow florals. Dry to taste and a full, warm and rounded generous palate. Concentrated flavours of white and yellow peaches, honeydew melons, vanilla, passionfruit and pineapple. Minerality, zesty acidity, and slight oak spice. It has a full and lingering palate.

The 2015 Season will be remembered for being a very early harvest, as a result of a fabulous hot summer. Fruit cropping levels were about 25% below “normal” frui7ng levels. The weather at harvest was fine at the tail of a very hot, dry growing season. Great flavours developed steadily during the ripening period, we picked the fruit in parcels as the blocks reached their op7mum maturity. 40% of the grapes were hand harvested by a keen group of pickers and 60% machine harvested at night when the fruit temperatures are lower to capture and maintain the fruit freshness.

The hand-picked fruit was whole bunch pressed on a gentle cycle, the juice was sehled, chilled and racked to old french barriques, and then fermented using the wild yeast strains from the vineyard on the skins. The balance was gently pressed and then transferred to stainless steel tanks, where it went through a controlled fermenta7on using french yeasts. The wine then spent a good 7me on lees to add a real depth of flavour and palate weight to the wine. The wine was cross flow filtered and prepared for bohling under screwcap to maintain freshness and quality. Seasoned for 5 months in old french barriques.

Food Pairing: Fine seafood, chicken dishes and salads, or simply drink for pleasure.