Earlier Vintages

 

Sauvignon Blanc 2008

Slightly minerally with hints of passionfruit, gooseberry, tropical fruit, pineapple, lychee, herbaceous and lime. Fresh fruit up front flavours with a ripe tropical mid palate leading to a crisp lemon lime sorbet with a reasonably long clean finish.  Some lees aging in tank. 
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Sauvignon Blanc 2005

Palish yellow colour with slight green.  Fresh nose with moderate fruit, although not strongly varietal.  Hints of oak.  Complex flavour on the palate.  Slight grass and fume flavours.  Quite broad and relatively full body for Sauvignon Blanc.  Moderate intensity.
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Pinot Noir 2005

Subtle cherry, red berry nose with hints of spice and hay.  Fresh clean up front palate with red fruit leading to a lively black cherry mid palate and a spice cigar box finish with fine yet firm tannins.  A light bodied varietal wine showing well balanced elegance.
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Riesling 2008

Elegant and foral with lively tropical fruit aromas. The palate is fresh and fruity, carrying through the mid palate to a long crisp, well balanced finish with nuances of citrus with good balance, smooth texture and a palate that delivers what the aroma promises.
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Riesling 2006

Fragrant, floral nose with hints of rose pedal, lemon blossom and lime.  The early palate shows sweet fruit with a lemon sorbet mid palate carrying through to the long crisp well balanced finish.  A very fruity wine with good balance and fresh citrus finish.
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Riesling 2005

Palish straw yellow colour.  Fragrant nose showing slight development.  Lemon curd, slight honey (the honey of development, not oxidation).  Moderate to good depth of fruit on the palate.  Relatively soft, with moderate acidity, slight sweetness and with a light phenolic grip.  A pleasant Riesling that is beginning to lose primary fruit and develop.

Chardonnay 2003

Pale-medium yellow.  Intense nose with very fine varietal melon characters, complexity and excellent oak integration.  Medium bodied, stylish palate.  Very fine balance with tight structure and intense flavour, the oak a little more apparent.  Moderate acidity and very good length.  Relatively undeveloped and still fresh.  A very high quality Chardonnay with oak and other complexities matching the fruit very well.  Typical cool region finesse, tightness and slow development.

Rose 2007

Fragrant nose of fresh red berries and violets.  Although this rosé is dry the early palate shows sweet ripe red berry fruit leading to a crisp intense mid palate with very light tannin and a long dry finish.  A complex and developed savoury spice nose with a background of cherry and red fruit.  The elegant palate is savoury and spicy with good red currant acid balanced by inviting tannins.There is very little residual sugar in this wine the sweetness up front is primarily the result of ripe fruit. 
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