Nose
Beautiful barley sugar and lemon scented gum opening to
fragrant toffee with lemon sorbet. Subtle savoury biscuit and light
toastiness from the oak barriques and varietal Semillon give a
backbone complexity.
Palate
Sweet and tangy with a hint of wood tannin complexity
bringing texture. Upfront flavours of lemon, honey and savoury
water crackers. While sweet and rich, mouth-watering acidity
cleans the finish and contributes striking purity and length.
Growing Conditions
This wine is produced from Semillon using the Cane Cut method,
where each fruiting cane is detached from the vine. The bunches
are left hanging until the fruit has dried and concentrated in
flavour and sugar.Another text-book vintage in Margaret River with consistent,
almost rhythmic temperature patterns throughout the ripening
season, resulting in excellent balance and physiological ripeness
of fruit. Reasonable yields were obtained despite a handful of
blocks being exposed to heavy storms in spring reducing their
cropping potential, but overall quality is excellent. Another dry
ripening period assisted in obtaining the polished cleanliness of
sun dried concentration with the Cane Cut
Winemaking
The fruiting Semillon canes were cut just above the cordon as
they achieved ripeness, restricting their access to water. The fruit
dried and shrivelled on the canes, concentrating the sugar,
flavour and acid for approximately six weeks before harvest.
Great care was taken to ensure the fruit remained healthy during
this period and that precise levels of concentration were
achieved. The fruit and juice was macerated for 12 hours in the
press prior to extraction. The wine was fermented and matured in
French oak with lees stirring providing tannin structure and
complexity.
Appearance
Pale golden yellow.
