2025 Ice Pressed Semillon (375mL)

Semillon left on the vine to over-ripen was hand-picked and frozen before pressing to produce an intensely sweet and spicy juice. Tangy peach, spicy lime marmalade, and mineral acidity balance the sweetness of this wine, which is delicious drinking now, but will develop complexity and texture in the cellar.

92 points - James Halliday

2025 was a welcome relief form the hectic pace of the previously hot and dry vintage, with the growing season offering perfect conditions for all varietals on the estate. Good winter and spring rainfall was followed by a warm, disease free, and slower ripening period. The result of this was all varietals being harvested very close to the average harvest dates for all varietals on the property, and all in pristine condition.

The Semillon grapes were hand harvested in the cool of morning on February 26, 2025. The whole bunches were put into a refrigerated sea container for a period of 72 hours at -16 degrees Celsius, until the grapes were fully frozen. The grapes were then pressed and exceptionally sweet juice was extracted as the grapes defrosted during the press cycle. Pressing was complete when the sweetness of the juice was considered ideal, with an extraction of only 330L/tonne. The sweet juice was inoculated with a selected yeast and fermented until a balance was reached between the alcohol and sugar levels in the wine. The wine was then stored in seasoned French oak puncheons for 5 months before stabilizing, filtering and bottling in July 2022.

Be°: 10.8 degrees (at harvest)
21.0 degrees (after freezing/pressing)
Alc: 11.5%
RS: 185 g/L
pH: 3.12
TA: 9.2 g/L