A lovely perfumed, yet subtle expression of viognier. Fresh peach and apricot flavours as a young wine, which we believe will intensify over time. The palate is restrained, luscious and shows a ginger-flavoured freshness with underlying power and lingering aftertaste. This wine benefits beautifully from 12 months of bottle ageing, as the acid softens.

The By Farr viognier consists of a blend of fruit from two vineyards. The first is the original house block, planted in 1994, which is friable red soil over limestone leading to sandstone—similar soils to the Sangreal pinot noir and By Farr chardonnay. The second vineyard is a younger planting of unknown clones in red ironstone soil.

Winemaker Nick Farr has a keen understanding of the variety and knows just when to pick it from his family vineyard. The key, he says, is to catch the variety when it's just on the cusp of ripeness so there is equal parts flavour and fine minerality through the finished wine.

Treated to the highest quality oak and lees stirred in barrel to build richness and complexity, it's a decadent and luscious example of Viognier that will develop excellently in the cellar.