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VINTAGE:NV 83% 2006, 17% 2005REGION:McLAREN VALE/PADTHAWAYVARIETY:PINOT NOIR 58%, CHARDONNAY 40%, PINOT MUENIER 2%VINTAGE CONDITI***:THE 2005 GROWING SEASON EXPERIENCED COOL WEATHER FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE SPRING/EARLY SUMMER PERIOD, COUPLED WITH EXCELLENT RAINFALL ***UT 2 MONTHS BEFORE HARVESTING, THIS HAS PRODUCED A LONG RIPENING PERIOD.WHILST THE 2006 GROWING SEASON EXPERIENCED BURST OF WARM AND COOL WEATHER, COUPLED WITH EXCELLENT SPRING RAINFALL, THIS HAS PRODUCED A LONG RIPENING PERIOD. THE VINTAGE WEATHER HAS BEEN PERFECT FOR PRODUCING EXCELLENT INTENSELY FLAVOURED FRUIT FOR BOTH YEARS.FRUIT:EASTERN GROWN AT THE LANDCROSS ESTATE VINEYARD "McLAREN VALE" AND ALSO SOURCED FROM SELECTED VINEYARDS IN THE "PADTHAWAY" REGION. HARVESTED IN THE COLD OF THE NIGHT, CRUSHED IN THE COOL OF THE MORNING.WINEMAKING:DESTEMMER, ROLLER CRUSHER, MUST CHILLED AT 6 DEGREES CELSIUS INTO AIR BAG PRESS. FREE RUN SEPARATED AND GENTLE PRESSING TO COLD SETTLEING TANKS. CLARIFIED JUICES CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE FERMENTATION AT 15-17 DEGREES CELSIUS UNTIL DRY WITH PARTIAL MALO CHARDONNAY FERMENTATION. FINAL PRESSURE VESSEL "CHARMAT" FERMENTATION TO CAPTURE NATURAL CO2 BUBLLES.COLOUR: LIGHT STRAW WITH A SMIDGE OF THE PALEST PINK HUESNOSE: LIFTED EFFERVESCENT BREAD/BISCUIT DOUGH, STRAWBERRIES & CITRUS AROMAS.PALATE: EFFERVESCENT STRAWBERRIES AND CITRUS AROMAS COMPLEXED WITH A CREAMY TEXTURE FROM THE PARTIAL MALO CHARDONNAY FERMENTATION, LINGERING WITH A ZESTY CITRUS TANG.FOODS: PERFECT CHILLED TO HIGHLIGHT ANY CELEBRATION OR WHILST JUST RELAXING.WINEMAKER"SS COMMENTS: A BLEND OF THE CLASSIC SPARKLING WINE GRAPE VARIETIES. SUBJECT TO A STRINGENT SELECTION PROCESS TO PRODUCE A SPARKLING WHICH DISPLAYS ALL THE ATTRIBUTES & CHARACTERS OF THE TRADITIONAL SPARKLINGS.PO****IAL: DRINK NOW TO 10 YEARSALCOHOL: 11.5%CRAFTED BY: PHILLIP RESCHKENURTURED BY: CLAUDIO CURTIS