Tokara Director's Reserve White 2020

This wine displays a pale straw colour with light catching brilliance. The nose is complex, exhibiting attractive aromas of passionfruit and pink grapefruit intermingled with hints of cassis and fresh toasted brioche. On the palate the wine enters full and rich, reminiscent of the aromas on the nose. It has amazing clarity and depth with a zesty persistence. Currently drinking exceptionally well now but will continue to develop positively with correct cellaring.

The soils are Oakleaf formed from decomposed granite with colluvial sandstone. With a hight fraction of gravel and friable granite.

The grapes were destemed and crushed and pressed immediately in our inert press.  The press juice and free run juice were kept separate and settled overnight, before the clean juice was recked off.  Only the free run juice from the best blocks.

The juice was then inoculated and sent to barrel for fermentation.  400L barrels for the Sauvignon blanc and 225L for the Semillon.  All the barrels use d were French oak of which around 25% new.  After fermentation the barrels were topped and left on the lees for 9 months with regular lees stirring.  The wine was blended in November, stabilised filtered and bottled soon after.  The wine spent a total of 9 months in barrel.

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