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Margrain Botrytis Selection Chenin Blanc 2002 |
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The nose is enticing showing baked apple as well as elements of apricot, lemon zest and hokey pokey. The palate, which is viscous and oily, follows this theme with lovely orange peel and marmalade flavours plus hints of preserved ginger. |
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The nose is enticing showing baked apple as well as elements of apricot, lemon zest and hokey pokey. The palate, which is viscous and oily, follows this theme with lovely orange peel and marmalade flavours plus hints of preserved ginger. A good acid backbone is present but not protruding and the balance gained from this plus the underlying phenolic structure belies the almost 200g/l of residual sugar. |
| Winemakers Notes |
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Just our third year of making Chenin Blanc and the variety continues to amaze us. We always knew the potential was there to produce a "sticky", so we decided this was the year to try. With regular rainfall up until mid February (when the Indian Summer began) conditions were favourable for Botrytis infection and we tried to ensure development of the disease by daily spraying the vines with water. Apparently Chenin has thick skin, for although a good infection progressed, it was by no means universal and we still picked a good proportion of the crop for "clean" varietal wine. Playing the waiting game with the rest, we finally harvested black nuggets at the very end of May. |
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Martinborough
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It should drink well from Christmas 2002 for at least 4 years and maybe much longer. 1999 was our first Botrytis (Riesling) wine and when tasted recently, was still amazingly vibrant. |
| Food
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This is a subtle dessert wine which is anything but cloying. Try it with a chunk of well aged cheddar or as a palate freshener, inter-course. |
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