Exudes pronounced pineapple, guava and baked apricot notes with suggestions of candied ginger, brioche and butterscotch. Medium-bodied with a very sexy satiny texture, it has bold, ripe tropical fruit and spice flavors, off-set by plenty of freshness and finishing with great length Fermented with 100% indigenous yeast. Aging occurred in both barrels (85%) and larger casks (15%), all of which were French oak (5% new). The wine was fermented sur lie for 8 months and underwent 90% indigenous malolactic fermentation.