"Cook County" SV Gisborne Viognier 2016
Pale, weighty and dry, with peachy, spicy flavours, showing good concentration and balance, a hint of apricot, and a lifted, floral bouquet.
01007
Select Vineyards Wines, Hawkes Bay, Viognier
Pale, weighty and dry, with peachy, spicy flavours, showing good concentration and balance, a hint of apricot, and a lifted, floral bouquet.
01007
Select Vineyards Wines, Hawkes Bay, Viognier
Alc | 13.5% |
Acid | 6.9 g/L |
Res sugar | 2.7 g/L |
pH | 3.56 |
Colour: | This wine is very pale in its youth, but with time will develop straw and light gold tints. |
Bouquet: | Very typical Viognier aromas of peach and apricot blossom and ripe stonefruit. Along with this there is a degree of complexity that we seldom see in New Zealand wines. We use the wines of Condrieu as our benchmark for this variety and aromatically this wine is trending in that direction. |
Palate: | This is a big rich wine. Like all good Viognier, the palate is very broad and very long. There is a strong core of fruit sweetness running all the way through the wine. |
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2015