Country
New Zealand
Wine Composition
100% Viognier
Winemaker Comments
This wine has a light gold appearance with a scent of mandarin peel, apricots, and honeysuckle. Full mouth-feel, off-dry structure, and complexity. Apricots, creaming soda, banana and honeysuckle flavours accompanied with a gentle spicy oak finish.
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
13.8% vol
TA
4.46 g/l
RS
6.1 g/l
pH
3.93
Vineyard and Winemaking notes
This wine was made from fruit harvested at 25.2 brix therefore extremely ripe. This resulted in very concentrated fruit, coupled with barrel fermentation in 9 months of old oak and ageing with a range of yeasts including wild fermentation created this stand out wine. Another great year following 2013. Hot and dry conditions provided a great platform in which 2014 wines will be remembered.
Winemaker
Name - Trevor Shepherd
Winery
The present owners took over in 2006. With a completely new and passionate team, our aim is to make premium boutique wine.
Our hard work and attention to detail is key to growing exceptional fruit and, as a result, our wine achieves depth, richness, and complexity with intense fruit flavours. The effort put into the vineyards has resulted in many of our wines winning medals.
Linden Estate enjoys the warm climate of Hawkes Bay, New Zealand's most versatile wine growing region. We are situated 15 minutes north of Napier, in Eskdale. Linden Estate is the first winery as you arrive into Hawkes Bay from Taupo, and the ideal place to begin your wine tasting experience.
Our cellar door is elevated above the surrounding vines, providing a wonderful vista across the valley floor to the wooded hills in the background. For the visitor, Linden Estate Winery offers unique wines, beautiful views and approachable staff who would love you to come and enjoy a tasting experience of some of the Bays quality wines.
