Description
This wine displays intense aromas of lime, apricots and marmalade. The palate is rich and full, with powerful fruit weight balanced by fine mineral acidity, resulting in a wine with refined texture and a lingering finish
Alcohol
14.0%
Analytical data
1.1 g/l residual sugar
6.5 g/l acidity
3.42 pH
Vinification
Produced from The Angler vineyard on the banks of the Wairau River. The grapes were hand harvested in small bins in the early hours of the morning and returned to the winery. After gentle whole-bunch pressing the juice was fermented in seasoned French oak barriques. Free run juice was kept separate from the pressings and 80% was fermented with cultured yeast while the remaining when through wild fermentation. After aging in French oak the wine was blended and bottled on the Wairau River Estate.
Maturation
Seasoned French oak
Bottling
Closure: Screw top