Pale gold with lemon rind rim. Soft dried apricots with an oak & vanilla undertow. White fleshed peaches, almond paste, & windfall oranges. Grapes were h&-harvested in 10kg lug boxes & pre-cooled before hand sorting, destemming & crushing. Skin contact was limited to 4 hours & the free run juice drained off to settle overnight before inoculation. The fermentation took place in 400 litre barrels. The wine matured for 14 months in 400 litre French barrels, of which 75% new & 25% second fill.