ORIGIN: Wairarapa

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS:

No spring frosts and favourable flowering conditions set ideal start to the season. Summer was windy, warm and dry with some rain toward the end of vintage.

DATE OF HARVEST: 6 - 14 April 2011

HARVEST & VINIFICATION:

Partially whole bunch pressed and maceration on skins. Fermentation in different bins under influences of various yeasts and temperatures. Racking by gravity to keep maximum freshness of fermentation-CO2.

DATE OF BOTTLING: 13 October 2011

ALC: 13.5% VOL

TASTING NOTES:

Light straw coloured wine with basil mint,

pineapple and yeasty aromas. Medium bodied with some grapefruitand exotic fruit on the palate. Showing balanced acidity, mineralityand elegance. Dry, with nice fruit-sweetness leading to a lively,

long-lasting finish.

DRINKING TEMPERATURE: 10 ºC

CELLARING: now to 5 years

CASES PRODUCED: 670

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