Warm days were intermingled with cooler ones which meant that the summer was not too hot. It was followed by an exceptionally long, lingering dry autumn. These growing conditions ensured the development and retention of intense sauvignon blanc and semillon characters, while allowing the fruit to obtain optimal ripeness. Low crop levels lead to extra concentration in the wine...

Spring was mild leading to the buds bursting early and the flowers pollinating well so that there was a good "set" of grapes on the vines. The weather then became cooler and remained like this over much of the summer, ensuring good retention of natural acidity. There followed the most amazing Indian summer with an incredibly warm, dry, long autumn...

A warm but not overly hot summer was followed by a perfect autumn. As the leaves turned golden, days of unbroken sunshine ensured perfect ripening of the grapes with the retention of good levels of acidity. Very low crop levels produced a wine with splendid concentration...

Spring was mild leading to the buds bursting early. The weather then became cooler and remained like this over much of the summer, ensuring good retention of natural acidity. There followed the most amazing Indian summer with an incredibly warm, dry, long autumn, ensuring the fruit was beautifully ripe and healthy...

The vines are carefully trained by hand so that the leaves and bunches are fully exposed to the sun. This includes the removal of all leaves which may shade the grapes. A mild spring was followed by a warm, but not overly hot summer...

The vines were carefully trained by hand so that the leaves and bunches were fully exposed to the sun. This included the removal of all leaves which might cause excessive shading of the grapes and of other leaves within the canopy...

A mild spring was followed by a warm, but not overly hot summer. The dominant force in the season, however, was the amazing Indian summer. From March onwards, temperatures were well above average and, because of the long, lingering, dry autumn the grapes were harvested fully ripe and in optimumcondition.