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Harvest Detail:
100% hand picked
16 – 20/4/06
Brix 29.2 – 35.0°
Total acidity 5.4 – 4.8 g/l
pH 3.85 – 3.94
Bottling Detail:
12.0% alcohol
5.3 g/l Total acidity
3.80 pH
160 g/l residual sugar
Bottled March 2007
Screw cap
375ml bottle
2005
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If you love Viognier, this is the "condensed version" and dangerously addictive! This is just the second vintage of this "Nectar of the Gods" we have produced and only in very small quantites. The wine has a full rich, soft texture with a long-lingering finish where the sweetness is balanced to avoid cloying.
100% Viognier
Gimblett Gravels: from two company-owned vineyards, Gimblett Estate and Gimblett Stones.
2006 was an outstanding season in the Gimblett Gravels. A wonderful hot, dry summer was followed by an autumn interrupted only by a period of rain in late March. We waited and waited until we had a good infection of noble botrytis in the grapes. We then carefully hand-picked a small quantity of fruit which showed the clean, raisined characters that we were after.
Hand-harvested bunches were destemmed and crushed before soaking for 6 hours to soften the raisins. They were then pressed and the juice clarified by settling overnight, then fermented in mature French oak barriques . This took place slowly over a 2 month period and when the fermentation stopped, a considerable amount of natural grape sugar was retained in the wine. Total aging in barrel was 8 months.
Deep green/gold.
Crystallized apricots, honey from the botrytis and hints of the floral, jasmine characters of Viognier.
Luscious and concentrated with strong flavours of dried fruits, especially apricots. The finish is very long and despite the residual sugar level, is not cloying.
2007 -2010
Fresh fruit salad, cheese or foie gras
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