Many years ago, back in the 1990's, Villiera
used to make a Blanc Fumé - a wooded Sauvignon
Blanc. It was a wine Lynne loved, often bought by the case and, at a Villiera
function last year, she spoke to Jeff Grier about it. "Oh, glad you liked
it!" he said, "we are about to relaunch it." She was delighted a
few days ago when a courier arrived with a sample bottle
It was grown in an old, single Bush Vine vineyard
on Villiera, planted with the Weather Station clone. On the nose it’s dusty and
grassy with green pepper and granadilla notes. The smoky wood is there on the
palate with nice rounded citrus flavours of grapefruit and fig with a long,
lingering warmth. It is great with food, very palate cleansing and refreshing. It
has been partially skin fermented in an egg shaped tank, had no malolactic
fermentation and was racked into 50% new /50% 2nd fill oak barrels for three
months. We can't wait to see this with a little age on it. http://www.villiera.com/
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2017
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