Tasting Notes

Brilliant straw with a golden hue. Enticing aromas of dried apricot and lemon zest. Luscious concentrated palate of marmalade, apricot nectar and pineapple with well-balanced acid giving it length and structure.

Food Accompaniments

This wine will bring out flavours hitherto undiscovered in crème brulee and is a decadent partner to a cheese platter with fruits and muscadelle grapes.

Awards, Reviews and other Notes

91 pts Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar (JR)
Bright yellow-gold. Deep melon and white peach on the nose, with baking spices and smoky minerals adding complexity. Zesty acidity adds lift and focus to the juicy honeydew and pit fruit flavors. Clean and brisk for a late-harvest wine, finishing with excellent clarity and thrust.

90 pts Robert Parker Jr.'s The Wine Advocate (JM) #186
There is one sweet white dessert wine in the portfolio, the 2007 KLN Botrytis Semillon, 50% of which was aged for 8 months in new and used French and American oak. Light gold-colored, it emits a lovely bouquet of peach and botrytis aromas. Sweet on the palate (200g RS) with a good acid backbone, this balanced effort will pair well with fruit-based desserts.

Winemaker Notes

Careful monitoring of the botrytis infection in the vineyard allowed the “super-ripe” fruit to be delivered in ideal condition for this style of wine. The fruit was crushed, chilled and pressed immediately, with the juice allowed to settle for 18 hours prior to racking and fermentation. Initial fermentation was in stainless steel tanks, after which half of the wine was transferred to new and seasoned French and American oak for 8 months maturation prior to final blending and bottling.

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Alcohol %: 11%
Total Acid: 12.8
Free/Total Sulfur: 30/200
pH: 3.45
Residual Sugar: 200

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