2016 Tahbilk Roussane Marsanne Viognier

“A seamless textural wine, with notes of spice and ginger, rose petal florals and lifted citrus fruits; the palate has persistent lemon zest and stone fruits with a delicious mineral edge. Further complexity will be realised with medium- term cellaring of between six to eight years from vintage. Enjoy Now to 2022/2024”

VINTAGE 2016
Vintage 2016 started dry with only two thirds of the
average rainfall for winter recorded, followed by
half the usual for September and budburst and
then none measurable at all in October. The
vineyard managers were watering two weeks
before budburst and through to January when a
massive thunderstorm dumped 86 mm of rain in
just two hours with some parts of the Old Tahbilk
vineyards also hit by hail storm damage.
Fortunately cool windy days followed with no mould
or other diseases evident.
The harvest itself was 'compressed' with many of
the red blocks going through veraison at the same
time as the whites, leading to the same amount of
grapes being taken in but in a shorter period of
time. Despite the early and quick vintage, the
flavours were good with crisp and delicate whites
and most reds picked at optimum ripeness showing
juicy and bright fruit. Overall a good to very good
vintage in terms of quality and quantity.