Description
Colour: Pale pink with clear hues. Nose: Perfumed with freesia, honeysuckle, red berries, strawberries, stone fruit, orange zest and red cherries. Palate: Sweet ripe raspberry on entry with stone fruit and a hint of lemon. Complex with lovely mineral acidity, textural phenolics and a long cranberry and strawberry finish.
Awards
Bronze Decanter Medal
Certifications
Alcohol
14.0%
Analytical data
dry
5.0 g/l residual sugar
6.5 g/l acidity
3.21 pH
Vineyard
The grapes are from Georgetown Vineyard at Central Otago, New Zealand.
Vinification
The wine was whole bunch pressed and the resulting juice was inoculated with selected wine yeast.
Was malolactic fermentation used: no
Was high-solid fermentation used: no
Maturation
68% of the juice was stainless steel tank fermented with the balance of 32% undergoing barrel fermentation in older French oak barriques. The fermentation was stopped retaining 5.1 g/l of residual sugar.
Bottling
Closure: Glass closure