Description
Whole grape bunches are selected on sorting tables, destemmed, soft-crushed and fermented in French oak barrels. 15% of the Sauvignon Blanc is whole bunch fermented . The wine remains on the lees in oak for 14 months, with 20% new oak. Chamonix Reserve in the first year after harvest shows a pale straw colour, fresh aromas with scents of exotic spice, figs, nettle, and grapefruit. On the palate it is full and round with rich fruit sensation and minerality balanced by bracing acidity.
The wine reaches its prime in about 5 years after release.
Awards
95 pts Tim Atkin
Alcohol
13.46%
Analytical data
dry
2.2 g/l residual sugar
6.5 g/l acidity
