TASTING NOTES
Colour: Straw-yellow, with a russet hue.
Nose: Lifted aromas of pear, red apple and quince fruit, with complexing hints of nutmeg and ginger spice.
Palate: This is a medium-bodied wine with a soft, plush texture, vibrant aromatics and fresh fruit flavours that persist on the long, clean finish.
Cellaring: 1-4 years
Serve: Chilled
Suggested Foods: White meat dishes such as poultry or freshly sautéed fish. Also try with creamy pasta dishes.
Cheese Match: Munster, Edam or Gouda.
VITICULTURE & WINEMAKING
Grapegrowers: Dan Manuge, Sea Level Vineyard
Locality: Coastal Highway, Mariri Nelson, New Zealand
Specifications:
Alcohol: 13.5%
Residual Sugar: 6.5g/L
pH: 3.35
Titratable Acidity: 6.8g/L
VITICULTURE
Climate: The season started with an early bud burst due to a warm winter. A warm, dry spring and early summer resulted in ideal growing conditions and healthy yields. Mid-season rain spells also aided plant growth and canopy vigour. Some cooler weather over January was followed by a warm, dry ripening period.
Soils: Gravel-threaded Moutere clay
Training: Standard vertical trellis
Harvest Date: 2017
WINEMAKING
The fruit was machine harvested in cool evening conditions then immediately de-stemmed and pressed. The juice was cold settled and cool fermented with selected yeast strains to aid texture and the fruit’s inherent aromatics. The entire fermentation was carried out in stainless steel.
