Elegant, delicate tropical fruit flavours with a balanced, slightly sweet palate and refreshing acidity. A versatile, noble late harvest that can be paired with lighter style deserts and cheeses or purely as an aperitif.
Limited Release
2017 Noble Iona Late Harvest
R212.50
A versatile, noble late harvest that can be paired with lighter style deserts and cheeses or purely as an aperitif. Elegant, delicate tropical fruit flavours with a balanced, slightly sweet palate and refreshing acidity.
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Description
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Accolades
Accolades
“Occasional botrytis dessert wine from sauvignon, appealing glacé pineapple and almond flavours, delicate, piquantly sweet (91 g/L sugar), with 12.8% alc. Natural ferment, half each in tank and older oak. Clean limy farewell.”
PLATTER’S WINE GUIDE [4 stars – 91/100] -
Technical Details
Technical Details
ALCOHOL 12.9% RESIDUAL SUGAR 73.1 g/l TOTAL ACIDITY 6.4 g/l PH 3.59 -
Winemaking
Winemaking
The grapes were harvested from our southern most Sauvignon Blanc block late in the month of April. Picking was done over a 4 week period, ensuring we picked optimal botrytis bunches.
Fermentation started in oak barrels and was kept on the gross lees for 6 months, before being racked to stainless steel for maturation for another 6 months adding structure to the wine. The naturally high acidity and balanced sugars resulted in a clean style wine that oozes sophistication and drinkability.
