Tasting
Notes
Aromas of stone fruits, floral spice and subtle green apples with
a mouthful of fresh stone fruits and underlying talc, balanced
by a refreshing thread of acidity.
Cellaring
Recognising this variety is not known for its aging capabilities,
this wine was made with a slightly more austere in style at the
time of bottling allowing the Viognier ‘gras’ to come
through later, giving this wine a slightly more than just short
term aging potential. It is subsequently recommended that the
2004 Smidge Viognier be drunk in the next 4 years.
Viticulture
This fruit is grown from 5 year old vines, in a single vineyard
at Kenton Valley, in the northern end of the Adelaide Hills. The
vines are planted in clay / loamy soils and the vineyard also
has a moderately steep north westerly aspect, resulting in good
afternoon sun exposure.
Vinification & Maturation
The fruit was hand picked and then whole bunch pressed, with both
the free run and the pressings settled for 2 hours and then racked
separately to old French barriques where the juice was then inoculated
with one of three different Rhône yeast isolates. Average
fermentation temperature was 15.00C. Post fermentation, the barrels
were topped and the wine remained on yeast lees with some stirring
until being racked prior to bottling. Some malolactic fermentation
was detected during maturation and allowed to proceed, but the
extent was assessed as minimal. Following sterile filtration the
wine was bottled in October 2004.
Technical Analysis
Harvest date: April 2004
Baume: 12.9
Bottling Date: October 2004
Alc/Vol: 13.5 %
Region - Adelaide Hills
The Adelaide Hills is fast becoming renowned as one of Australia's
premium grape growing regions. Bordered by Kuitpo in the South
and Mt Pleasant in the North, the region is long and narrow and
can be accessed within an hour to the east of Adelaide.
Our Viognier comes from a small vineyard in Gumeracha . (more)
Order - 2004
Cellar-pod - SOLD OUT
….Typically for Viognier, the wine
is aromatic, generous in the mouth and delicious, with spot-on
floral accents to the melon and tropical fruit flavors. The finish
sails on... 90 Points
Harvey Steiman, Wine Spectator
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