Sam Harrop Grand Amateur Case

Bright in colour with fresh cream and limey aromas, this is an elegant supple wine with bags of appeal. It has fresh fruits with subtle vanilla oak, a fine texture and a long mineral finish. Sam has created a cooler style from Hawke’s Bay, with the wine fermented in a mixture of old and new French oak barrels. Grapes were picked by hand on March 7, 2018 and whole bunch pressed. The juice was chilled and left to settle for three days then racked and fermented using traditional Burgundian yeast. Relatively low in alcohol at 12.5%, it did not undergo malolactic fermentation and was bottled without filtration to retain its natural and refreshing fruit characters.