This full bodied wine has a delicious combination of ripe orange marmalade flavours, rounded out by an elegant, toasty finish from the French oak.  The grapes came from our home block vineyard in Bay View, where they soak up all the local character. This wine is barrel fermented, which means the grapes are pressed straight to French oak barrels for fermentation and maturation.  This process adds depth and complexity.  We also lees stir—basically, mixing in the yeast cells which fall to the bottom of the tank—which gives the wine a generous, creamy mouthfeel. Plus, it undergoes malolactic fermentation, which transforms sharper malic acid into softer lactic acid. This helps to create a more rounded and drinkable style that’s just delightful.