Wine Article

Grapes from Waihopai Valley (alluvial stony silt loams, very well drained), Mid Wairau Valley (varying depth of alluvial silt loam over gravel, well drained), & Lower Wairau Valley (deep alluvial silt deposits over gravel); Picked @ 21.0 - 23.7 °Brix; "Predominantly early morning machine picked, gentle juice extraction, with inert gas pressing. Cool settled & mainly fermented in s/s tanks, around 8% natural fermentation in oak on solids." 13.0% ABV, 2.3 g/L R.S., & 7.1 g/L T.A.