Nose
The nose is loaded with
tropical and passion fruits, which follow through onto the palate.
Palate
Delicious
fruit sweetness balanced by focused acidity and freshness makes this a very
moreish wine.
The grapes for
this unwooded style are picked slightly riper
than most in order to eliminate green characters and maximize the flavours
of the tropical fruit spectrum and to give the wine greater palate weight and
length.
Growing Conditions
Due to a colder than normal Spring, fruit set was adversely affected. Bunch
numbers were in line with the previous vintage however bunch weights were
well down. No heatwaves were experienced during the ripening period and
warm sunshine and cool nights prevailed for the most part. This, coupled
with smaller crops resulted in intensely flavoured and attractive wines. 50ml
of rainfall after the white harvest in early March delayed the picking of the
red grapes. This freshened up the red grapes and no deleterious effects were
noticed in quality. Most red grapes were harvested before Easter and were in
excellent condition. All in all, vintage 2015 in Margaret River will be
remembered again for wines of outstanding quality albeit in lesser quantities.
Harvest
Hand picked.
Bottling
29th
May 2015.
Food Pairing
A delicious wine to drink with or without food.
