VARIETIES: Cuvée of three white grape varieties: Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Müller-Thurgau.

ORIGIN: Martinborough

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS: quite cool summer and autumn with above average precipitation.

DATE OF HARVEST: 11. & 13. April 2005

HARVEST & VINIFICATION: Hand-picked, whole bunch pressed and partially fermented in new and used French Oak barriques & puncheons. Some maturation “sur lie” with occasional “battonage”. Racking by gravity to keep maximum freshness of fermentation-CO2.

DATE OF BOTTLING: 3. March 2006

ALC: 14.0% VOL

TASTING NOTES:   Honey-yellow wine that stylistically reminds of varieties like Viogner in a Condrieu from the Rhône valley and a Rousanne with aromas of sweet apricots and nectarines, mandarin citrus and spices with wild flowers and herbal tea. Rather big in structure this wine combines creamy lees and toasty oak and well integrated fruitiness and notes of honey.

DRINKING TEMPERATURE: 12 ºC

CELLARING: now to 5 years

CASES PRODUCED: 360

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