Shiraz Viognier 2017

The wettest late winter/spring in memory made for a later than average start but set up the season beautifully.

Another warm/hot summer followed.

50 mm rain in late January.

40 mm in the second last week of March gave us some challenges, with a little late season botrytis, but nothing that judicious hand picking couldn’t conquer.

A larger than average crop for the third year running.

Good flavours at relatively modest baumes. SV parcels were harvested between 13.0 and 13.5 baume.