Coopers Creek “Chalk Ridge” Select Vineyards Hawkes Bay Viognier – 6 pack

The fruit for this wine is sourced from the Chalk Ridge block just to the south of Havelock North. It is so named due to the amount of fractured limestone in the soil profile. It is a very steep vineyard and is very difficult to work (too steep for a tractor, so we had to purchase a crawler). The vineyard faces due north and is very warm during the day. The block is always hand-harvested, which took place on March 14th. Once at the winery the grapes were whole bunch pressed to tank, and fermented cool to encourage the development of lifted aromatics. As soon as the ferment was finished the wine was given a very light filtration and bottled. The bottled wine was then bottle aged in the cellar for 14 months prior to release.