Nose

The delightful interplay between gentle white florals, lemon & grapefruit citrus notes, & ripe white nectarine, is enhanced by cashew nuttiness with hints of vanilla, caramel & ginger

Palate

Medium bodied in weight & supremely elegant. The minerally, oyster shell core is encased by succulent stone fruit flavours, whilst the citrus notes are reprised on the deliciously long finish

Growing Conditions

A wet winter & spring impacted fruit set, leading to reduced yields. Yet, 2022 was an outstanding vintage. Warm, dry conditions in summer & autumn provided exceptional growing & ripening conditions. Bird pressure was greatly reduced due to strong flowering of native flora. Remarkable quality

Harvest

84% Clone 95 & 16% Gingin hand-picked at 11.8 °Bé on 18th February 2022

Bottling

Bottled in December 2022

Winemaking

On arrival at the winery, the fruit was chilled overnight & then gently whole bunch pressed straight to 228L Burgundy barrels (of which 35% were new) allowed to undergo a wild ferment. Early discretionary lees stirring was carried out & malolactic fermentation was blocked. After a rigorous barrel selection, the wine was blended, filtered, but not fined

Aging

The wine was aged for nine months in barrel

Appearance

Pale straw with green edges

Food Pairing

Crab cakes with dill mayonnaise or fresh gougères