This wine is made of 100% Viognier grapes coming all from our Estate. The wine is full bodied, creamy, rich and complex. With a dark straw colour this wine entices you to explore. On the nose it’s filled with buttery/vanilla notes, peach blossoms and apricots. The palate is filled with seamlessly integrated buttery and fresh fruit flavours.
Platters Wine Guide: Not yet submitted
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Vintage: 2017
Grape Variety: 100% Viognier
Winemaking Notes:
After harvesting the grapes, the juice is put into French oak barrels and here the wine is fermented and aged for 6 months. On a weekly basis the wine was batonnaged to give a rich and complex mouth feel. After 6 months all of the barrelled components are tasted and then the best two barrels are kept aside to be aged for a further 6 months.
Alcohol: 14.5 7%
RS: 1.7 g/l
pH: 3.45
TA: 6.4 g/l
TSO2: 77mg/l
Drinking Temperature:
12 – 14°C
Pairing:
Paired with lightly curried fish, buttered chicken, veal with morels or medium matured hard cheeses.
Storability:
Nice to drink now and can age up to 10 years. After 5 years the wine develops a different aromatic.
