Lismore The Age of Grace Viognier 2020

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Viognier

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Floral, Stone Fruit, Tree Fruit, and Tropical Fruit,

BODY: Medium -
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Light
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Origin: Cape South Coast (Hermanus, Elgin, Walker Bay & More), South Africa

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Viognier

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Description

Lismore The Age of Grace Viognier 2020

This expressive viognier, grown on rose-quartz soil, seduces you with the beautiful perfume of honeysuckle and orange blossom and a textured palate of apricot, kiwi and pineapple. A sensual and exotic experience. Barrel fermented and aged. Enjoy it now or allow it to gain complexity with further cellaring.

Balance is the key to this wine. Viognier is an aromatic and generous varietal, it benefits from barrel maturation and lees contact with a fuller mouth feel and increased texture. This combined with the firm acid backbone and intense fruit will allow this wine to integrate beautifully and gain further complexity over the next 3-5 years.

The grapes were picked at optimal ripeness and whole bunch pressed, slowly extracting the juice at a rate of 550 liters per ton. The juice was settled for 48 hours and was racked into older, neutral 225 litre Burgundian barrels, and a 1500 litre concrete egg for fermentation and maturation lasting 10 months The “egg” component is 20% of the production.

Aromatic & Floral Whites

A lot of the wines in this category comes generally come from higher altitude or cooler climate regions, and often have bright acidity, balanced with fruitiness that cam come with or without some level of sweetness.

They general have perfumed floral, honeyed & spice notes. For fuller bodied styles, they often have an oiliness to them