Topper's Mountain Manseng 2022

Gros Manseng is one of our great success stories with alternative varieties. Its small berries, tough skins and open bunches make it very resistant to fungal diseases, the bane of our high summer rainfall. Yet if one of our white varieties reflects the cold and wet vintage the most it would be the Gros Manseng. Very elegant wine with complex aromas of white flowers and all kinds of juicy citruses. Taut orange juice like acidity gives the wine enormous vibe and energy to carry on lemon and grapefruit flavours to a long zesty finish.

The vineyard is located on the spine of the Great Dividing Range in northern NSW at an elevation over 900m sporting deep free draining volcanic soil, allowing the vines to develop deep root systems and survive the high annual rainfall between 700-900 mm.

Deep free draining volcanic soil.

Whole bunch pressed and spontaneously fermented in old barriques and hogsheads followed by spontaneous MLF. Aged for 12 months. Bottled without fining and filtration.

12 months in old barriques and hogsheads.