Sevenhill Cellars St Francis Xavier Museum Release Riesling 2017 x 6
Product Description
2017 St Francis Xavier Museum Release Riesling
A colour of pale straw. Aromas of cumquat, white nectarine and lemon myrtle. Notes of honeycomb and brioche give hints of its future. The palate is finely structured and very clean, with a gentle fruit sweetness balancing the deceptive line of acidity. This is a wine that is at a wonderful age, just starting to show the softness and complexity of age but still retaining the vibrancy of its youth.
Riesling
Winemaker
Will Shields
Region
Clare Valley
A colour of pale straw. Aromas of cumquat, white nectarine and lemon myrtle. Notes of
honeycomb and brioche give hints of its future. The palate is finely structured and very
clean, with a gentle fruit sweetness balancing the deceptive line of acidity. This is a wine that
is at a wonderful age, just starting to show the softness and complexity of age but still
retaining the vibrancy of its youth.
Background Story
Known as somewhat of an athlete, the energetic
Francis also suffered from itchy feet and soon set
off to spread the Good Word throughout India,
Japan, Borneo and China. His adventurous spirit
became a part of the Jesuit DNA and
instrumental in the brotherhood establishing the
very first winery in the Clare Valley.
Vines
The 2017 St Francis Xavier Riesling was produced
with fruit from the Weikert Vineyard. This small
vineyard (0.82ha) was planted in 1978 and
consistently produces outstanding fruit to meet
premium requirements.
The vineyard’s red-brown loam over shale and
cool, sheltered aspect are key elements in
achieving the balanced growth and fine qualities
for our premium Riesling parcels.
Winemaking
The winemaking style is preservation of the
pristine fruit characters that develop during
ripening of the berries.
The grapes are picked in the coolest period of the
day and gently pressed and fermented at a very
low temperature. Only the free run juice is used
to make this wine, resulting in minimal phenolics
and purity of fruit.
The Weikert block has high natural acidity and
minerality, giving the Saint Francis Xavier
Riesling the backbone to age beautifully and
increase in complexity.
Vintage: 2017
Alcohol: 11.5%
Standard drinks: 6.8
Acidity: 6.8 g/L
p/H: 3.11
Bottled: July 2017
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