2008 Estate Viognier
Tasting Notes
This wine is complex, showing ripe plums, Indian spices, hints of fragrant apricot and savoury oak characters on the nose. Its palate is rich, showing sweet dark plums, pepper, toasty oak, hints of bacon and fine tannins with a crisp acid finish.
Harvest Details
Vinification Details
Bottling Details
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Harvest Details |
| The 2008 autumn provided weeks of consistent sunny, mild days allowing ideal slow steady ripening. In Kangaroo Ground the grapes achieved full ripeness with great concentration of colour and flavour. In the cooler Whittlesea site the season produced grapes with more elegance and balance and wonderful spice characters. |
| Variety |
97% Shiraz 3% Viognier |
| Harvest Date |
22nd April 2008 |
| Yield |
2.1 t/a |
| Beaume |
15 |
| Total Acid |
6.2 g/l |
| pH |
3.86 |
Vinification Details |
| Fermentation |
80% was fermented in stainless steel and 20% was fermented in open wood fermenters using hand plunging. The wine was vinified using whole berries and received extended maceration for 28 days. |
| Yeasts |
Natural yeast Vin 13 |
| Oak Treatment |
30% new oak for 18 months |
| New Oak |
Toutant, Taransaud |
| Cooper |
Bossuet, J Garnier, Surigue, St Mertin |
| Filtration |
Minimal |
| Winemaker |
Ray Nadeson |
Bottling Details |
| Bottling Date |
27th February 2009 |
| Total Production |
458 Cases |
| Alcohol |
13% v/v |
| Total Acid |
7.1 g/l |
| pH |
3.58 |
