De Bortoli Yarra Valley Estate Grown Viognier

Region
De Bortoli Estate Grown, Yarra Valley, VIC

Appearance
Pale straw with hints of green.

Bouquet
Precise and elegant Viognier with vibrant pine kernel and pistachio bouquet.

Palate
Complex lychee and apricot flavours with grip, concentration and fine acidity.

Winemaking
Estate Viognier is sourced from a single estate vineyard at Dixons Creek in the Yarra Valley. All cane pruned, shoot thinned and hand picked. Fruit is whole bunch crushed and pressed until there is nothing left in the skins, the phenolics being an important textural component in the wine. The wine is roughly racked to older casks with lots of solids. The wine is allowed to ferment naturally and undergoes natural malolactic fermentation. Lots of battonage over a five month period. Viognier is a naturally high perfumed variety and avoiding intensity and fullness can be quite difficult. Our goal is to make a Viognier that is more mineral and textured, rather than overtly varietal. It needs to be tight and aromatic as a young wine and to evolve over 2-3 years into a wine that is taut but generous, brooding, ethereal and thoroughly delicious.

Wine Analysis
Alc/Vol : 13.0 %   pH : 3.50   TA : 5.7 g/L  

Cellaring
This wine can be enjoyed young and fresh but will mature to greater depth and complexity in a good cellar over 2-5 years.

Suggested Cuisine
Enjoy this fruity, low acid, aromatic number with lightly spiced seafood or grilled spatchcock.

General Characteristics
Dry  Medium Bodied