Description
Aroma | Lifted floral notes, guava, and citrus.
Palate | Distinctive flavours of passionfruit and white nectarine intermingled with layers of minerality, finishing with a fresh mouth-watering acidity.
Awards
90 pts James Suckling
Certifications
Alcohol
12.5%
Analytical data
Vineyard
Marlborough, New Zealand
Vineyards: Waihopai Valley ‘C’ and ‘G’ Block - alluvial stony silt loams, very well drained.
Omaka Valley – “Outpost Block”. Variable depth windblown clay/loess over clay-bound glacial gravel. Direct North facing aspect, on moderately steep hillside slopes.
Viticulturist – Adam McCone
Viticulture - Vertical shoot positioning. Shoot and bunch thinning to restrict yield.
Vinification
Winemakers | Wendy Stuckey and Emily Gaspard-Clark.
Winemaking | Harvested at peak flavour maturity. Gentle juice extraction, cold settled and fermented in stainless steel tanks and a portion in older oak with a range of aromatic yeasts.
Maturation
Fermented in stainless steel tanks and a portion in older oak with a range of aromatic yeasts.