Light lemon/green in colour. Lively, pure citrus, tangerine and white stonefruit notes with undertones of creamy nutty oak and biscuit. Very fine acidity is balanced by soft textural interest from the subtle use of oak.Cellar 6 – 8 years.
A limpid pale yellow augurs restraint. Very savoury. Chalky and oyster shell-saline, with the fruit a flashback rather than primary focus. Riffs on oatmeal biscuit, apricot pith, barley sugar, nashi pear and raw cashew are reeled across a spool of tensile acidity, punctuated with a gentle pucker. A high-wire act, this is balletic in its elegance and confident in the way it moves across the mouth. Some sexy oak nestled in there somewhere as an adjunct rather than a scream. Nothing jangly or coarse. Just strident, persuasive and extremely fine of length and feel.