Wine Composition
100% Muscat d'alexandrie
Winemakers Comments
Pale ruby pink in color that displays luscious, ripe red fruits, and lifted floral notes. The palate has delicate, fresh strawberry fruit with a hint of spritz and crunchy acid.
Awards
Dan Murphy | 4.5 stars
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
6.5%
TA
6.4 g/l
pH
3.32
Cellar Techniques
The grapes were harvested at the beginning of March, destemmed, crushed into the press where the juice and skins were held together for two hours for colour extraction. After pressing, the juice is cold settled in tank, racked and then fermented at cold temperatures to retain it’s aromatic characteristics. After fermenting 50% of it’s sugar content, corresponding to 6 –7%v/v alcohol, the ferment is stopped which retains natural sugars in the wine along with a slight spritz from ferment. The wine is then immediately filtered and sent for bottling.
Winemaker
Name - Jeff Byrne, Xanthe Hatcher
Winery
Audrey Wilkinson is one of the most historic and beautiful properties in the Hunter Valley, known for its stunning views and pristine vineyards. It was, in fact, the first vineyard planted in Pokolbin, in 1866. The property was acquired in 2004 by the late Brian Agnew and has been owned and operated by his family since. The wines, made predominantly from estate-grown grapes, are released in three tiers: Audrey Wilkinson Series, Winemakers Selection and Reserve, the latter only available from the cellar door. Exports to the US, Canada, UK, Finland and Czech Republic.
What were his parents thinking? Yet aged only 15 years, with his father having died, Audrey assumed the daunting role of running the family's vineyard. Audrey was blessed with a wonderful sense of taste, and produced some of the finest wines in Australia.
He left this lasting legacy: "It's all about the wine."
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