Description
A complex and inviting bouquet with sweet grapefruit and yellow fleshed stone fruits, layers of new and used wood with baking spices and fresh cashew nut. Full bodied and creamy on the palate with flavors of roasted stone fruit and apple nut and baking spices. There is a light lactic note and a fine gun flint mealy, fine tannin texture layering in mouthfeel and complexity. A delicious , balanced and well made wine. 95/100 Outstanding. Cameron Douglas MS
Awards
95/100 Cameron Douglas Master Sommelier.
5 Stars Wine Orbit
Alcohol
13.0%
Analytical data
1.5 g/l residual sugar
6.2 g/l acidity
3.5 pH
Vineyard
Hexton, Gisborne Golden Triangle.
Vinification
Handpicked and pressed into 30% new and the remainder used French oak barrels. Wild yeast and full malolactic with gentle lees stirring occasionally. Minimal Sulphur and bottled after one year in oak.
Maturation
100 % barrel aged in French oak.
Bottling
Closure: Screw top