Sparklehorse Nectar

Please note: Award stickers are applied at the producer's discretion and may not be present on all bottles.

Hand-picked selectively between 18 - 19B Fruit picked in bins and go through a sorting process to optimize quality prior to crushing. A carefully selected cool vineyard site allows the grapes to mature while maintaining the all important refreshing acidity

A carefully selected cool vineyard site allows the grapes to mature while maintaining the all important refreshing acidity. Mature, irrigated vineyards with controlled yields. Planted in 1975. Old cordons removed in 2006 due to Eutypa. Retrelissed on Double Perold trellis system. Block farmed for specific wine purpose. Due to the age vines and old plant material, there are leafroll virus present in the block. Leafroll virus has an effect on the ripening phase of a vineyard, therefor by harvesting the fruit early, specifically for Cap Classique we reduce the pressure on the vineyard.