Now into its ninth release, the 2015 Last Straw is our venerable and distinctive 100% Marsanne. This sweet wine is inspired by the fabulous vin de paille of France’s Rhone Valley.
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Tasting Note
A delicate wine on the bouquet but one that dances across the palate. Luscious fresh stone fruit and pear intertwine with oak to great success. The wine is lifted by a lick of acidity. Pleasing and complex, with a dry finish.
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Food Matches
The freshness of this sweet wine loves fruit based desserts, think of the Australian icon - Peach Melba - for inspiration. Alternately, it will serve equally well as an aperitif - saltiness is its perfect counter point -try Manchego with quince paste, green olives, fried whitebait or salt cod fritters.
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Wine Making
Vin de paille refers to a traditional method of obtaining concentrated sugars and flavours by laying harvested grapes on straw mats where they are left in the sun to dehydrate.
Select bunches from the low yielding 2015 vintage were air dried for six weeks before being crushed and pressed. This unfermented juice is then transferred into a new 500 litre French oak barrel for fermentation and maturation until bottling.
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April 2015 14.5° Baumé 19.0° Baumé Natural
3 months
100% new French oak September 2015
Up to 5 years
117 g/L
11.5%

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