40% Viognier
40% Clairette
20% Bourboulenc

2023: *** JLL (John Livingstone-Learmonth)
yellow robe; peach-nectarine mix on the nose, dried fruits. The palate has nerve, alacrity on the attack, a steady level of gras, extends with a sound delivery of content, shows the aniseed of Clairette towards the finish. This is table wine, has some firmness. 40% Viognier, 40% Clairette blanche/rose, 20% Bourboulenc. Drink now through 2027. - Feb 2024

Typically 40-50% Viognier, 40-50% Clairette blanche, 10-20% Bourboulenc, though sometimes it is 100% viognier. From clay-limestone soils, fermented and raised in 4-8 year-old used 228-litre oak casks for 6 months, malo somtimes completed, no lees stirring - “lees stirring would make the wine too heavy”, 50 mg SO2 applied, 4,500-5,200 b

Wine-making process: Sorted manual picking. Fermentation with natural yeasts in barrels. Blocked malolactic fermentation depending on vintages.
Aging: 6 months in barrels without racking.