Hedoniste, Viognier, La Durbane

Viognier is a variety that if you let it over-ripen by just one day is gone. It loses all its freshness and gets sweet. If you under-ripen it by a couple of days it’s very hard to get excited by. But if you know what you’re doing (and you’ve got the right vineyard for it) – if you nail it – it’s pure magic.

The aromas dance and the palate is concentrated with flavours of apricot and peach and orange citrus. It’s amazing. So few wines can claim to have this much, intensity, joy, freshness, finesse, and relative delicacy all at the same time.