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Trinity Hill 'Gimblett Gravels' Botrytised Viognier

Trinity Hill 'Gimblett Gravels' Botrytised Viognier 2009

New Zealand

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£15.50
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Product details

  • Variety

    Viognier
  • The colour is a beautiful green/gold, with depth. The aromas are reminiscent of honey and crystallized apricots. The botrytis has a big effect, with hints of the floral, jasmine aspects of Viognier showing. It is very luscious and concentrated, with strong flavours of dried fruits, especially apricots. The finish is very long and despite the sweetness, finishes dry with no cloying sugar as sometimes happens with this style of wine

  • Alcohol

    12.5

  • Bottle

    37.5

  • Style

    Sweet White

Winemaking

We waited and waited until we had a good infection of noble botrytis in the grapes. We then carefully hand-picked a small quantity of fruit which showed the clean, raisined characters that we were after. Picking took place over a 4 week period, as botrytis developed. We then destemmed the bunches and crushed the raisined berries, allowing them to soak for 6 hours to soften the raisins and allow for easier extraction of the concentrated juice. They were then pressed out to retrieve all the sweet liquor that was trapped in the berries. The essence then was allowed to clarify overnight and put into French oak barriques for fermentation. This took place slowly over a 4 month period, when the fermentation stopped leaving a considerable amount of natural grape sugar in the wine.


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