Colour: Pale straw with lime hues.
Bouquet: Jasmine flower with fresh lime rind and a touch of sea spray on the nose. Hints of brioche and freshly baked bread.
Palate: The palate is bright and delicate, fresh lime rind and lemon curd jump out initially followed by white nectarines, peach and pithy ruby grapefruit. There is weight from the barrel work and a rich brulee texture that coats the mouth before a fine line of acid takes over to give the wine great length.
Viticulture: The vineyard is grown naturally using organic biological principals. Employing seaweed and fish emulsion foliar fertilisers plus elemental sulphur and copper sprays for disease prevention. Nothing is wasted, grape must is composted, mulched and mixed with manures then returned to the vineyard floor. Cover crops of clover, peas and rye grass are grown between the vines which provide nitrogen and green mulch. Canopy management is vital, hedging and leaf plucking are used to control exposure to sunlight and further our effort to deliver perfectly ripe, balanced grapes to the winery. The grapes were picked on March 12 th .
2017 Vintage: The spring of 2016 was much cooler and wetter and this combined with the cooler conditions inearly 2017 have seen Vintage 2017 be a more traditional Margaret River vintage. The yields for most white varieties were strong and harvest began later in February continuing well into March capturing the bright, fragrant aromas. The slower ripening has resulted in superb whites with excellent flavour profiles.
Vintage Rating: 8/10
Vinification: The grapes were picked in the cool of the morning, then immediately pneumatically pressed. The juice was cold settled and transferred to barrels which underwent a wild fermentation. This year the French oak comes from three different coopers, three different forest and three different years, 45% new and the balance one and two year old French oak. The wine was initially stirred once a week on the lees, then 75% of the wine was given a malolactic fermentation and left to mature in barrel for 10 months. Bottled in December 2017.
Technical Data: Alc. 12.3% pH 3.21 TA 6.95 g/l
Review: “Cape Grace is a producer to keep your eyes on from Margaret River, for good renditions of the ‘classics’ or ‘staples’ of the region. Scents of meringue, lemon curd, faint almond. Palate is fleshy, flavoursome a little understated which has its appeal, you can feel the rise in pedigree.” 90 Points Mike Bennie
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