• Dry style
• Poached pear
• Vanilla bean
• Gentle spice

"Delightfully fruited and inviting, the bouquet shows ripe apricot, poached pear, rockmelon and subtle spice characters, leading to a succulent palate that's supple and fleshy. It's soothing and silky, offering terrific drinking. At its best: now to 2022" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Dec 2019

"A captivating bouquet with aromas of fleshy, ripe and gently spicy white fleshed fruits - pears and nectarine, apple and orange peel. A light oily and spicy  texture to the bouquet makes me think of Alsace Gris. On the palate - a texture driven beginning with a nice phenolic bite backed up by the acidity, flavours of tree, citrus and white fleshed stone fruits, a gentle Asian spice layer adds depth and complexity. Fresh, youthful, firm, balanced and well made. Drink now and through 2022" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Feb 2020

Poached pear, lychee, mandarin zest and vanilla bean on the nose with more citrus notes to follow on the palate. Lush yet refined stone fruit on the front palate leads to an incredibly textured mid palate, then finishes long and fresh.

Parcels of fruit were handpicked from two vineyards in Lowburn and Pisa and brought into the winery as each site achieved both flavour and phenolic ripeness. Whole bunches were loaded into the press and the juice gently extracted over a three hour cycle with no press cuts. The juice was settled in tank overnight before being racked to neutral barrel (80%) and a stainless steel tank (20%). The stainless steel ferment was kept relatively cool at 16 degrees whilst the barrels were left to their own devices reaching warmer temperatures which is particularly important for a drier style of wine.

The wine in barrel was kept on lees for 2.5 months with no stirring and the stainless component was racked off gross less post fermentation. Winemakers captured the essence of the season and the complimentary character of two sites that are literally in the same “neck of the woods.” The resulting wine is complexly layered with great ageing potential and endless food pairing possibilities.