Description
PALATE
A fuller style of traditional method sparkling with delicate mousse and attractive aromas of brioche, white peach and cashew with hints of strawberries coming through. Eighteen months lees maturation has given a lovely creaminess to the palate, which is driven by balanced acidity and fruit intensity.
WINEMAKING
The fruit was harvested at night to take advantage of the cool Pemberton temperature. Free run and pressing juices were fined and fermented separately with neutral yeast. Fermentation temperature ranged between 15-17.50C over two weeks to dryness. Aged predominantly in 300 litre stainless steel casks with 30% aged in older white oak for 10 months prior to secondary fermentation. Following assemblage, the wines underwent secondary fermentation (tirage) in bottle and aged for 18 months on lees prior to disgorging.
FOOD PAIRING
Freshly shucked Albany oysters.
VINTAGE NOTES
The sparkling cuvee is non-vintage as we hold back small amounts of previous vintages to blend into the main vintage to give the sparkling wine a slight complexity to the palate.
QUICK NOTES
VINTAGE
NV
GRAPE VARIETY
60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir
GROWING AREA
80% Pemberton and 20% Great Southern Western Australia
ALC %/VOL
12.5 % v/v
TITRATABLE ACIDITY
9 g/l
pH
3.22
OAK
N/A
MATURATION
N/A
