2023 Keepers of the Flame

TASTING NOTES

Colour: Pale straw with green hues.

Nose: White peaches and struck matches balanced with a touch of toasted almond.

Palate: Elegant acid with lemon drizzled over white peach, crushed roasted almonds and a long, lingering finish with lifted white rose petals and crunchy pink lady apples.

WINEMAKING

This parcel was picked mid way through the harvest but was the last pick of our lower Hunter Valley fruit. Purely free run juice, drained into barrels, with a natural wild yeast ferment. The cooler vintage conditions meant that the fruit held its naturally higher acidity. Around two thirds of the barrels used in the final blend went naturally through malolactic fermentation, which gives this wine an added layer of texture on the nose and creaminess. The wine spent 10 months in new French oak barriques and puncheons.