Churchview Estate St Johns Wild Fermented Viognier

£19.15

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Churchview Estate St Johns Wild Fermented Viognier is white wine made from 100% Viognier from Margaret River. The grapes are handpicked to maximise the fruit quality and flavour diversity in the smaller berries.

Churchview Estate is an award-winning, family-owned wine producer located in the Margaret River wine-growing region of Western Australia. The estate was founded in 1999 by father and son team Spike and Raymond Fokkema and is situated near the locality of Metricup just off the Bussell Highway. Spike had emigrated from The Netherlands in the 1950s and had been a successful businessman prior to purchase. Today  the estate is owned and run by Raymond Fokkema and his sister Sharon Bosveld (who joined the family business over 20 years ago). The winemaker is David Longden. Churchview Estate was awarded with a 5 star winery rating in James Halliday’s 2016 and 2020 classifications.

The estate takes it name from the view of the heritage listed Anglican Church of Saint John the Baptist which can be seen from the estate. The single vineyard estate comprises some 100 hectares with 56 hectares of vines. The site was carefully selected for its maritime climate, ideal and fertile gravelly loam soils, ample clean water and north facing slopes and 16 different grapes varieties are grown. Organic certification was awarded in 2020.

Churchview Estate estate produces several different ranges of wine, the flagship wines are the limited release, handcrafted Bartondale range, which is named after the dairy farm that was originally on the site. There follows the St Johns range, made from more unusual grape varieties, which is named after aforementioned, neighbouring church. There is also the fruit driven Silverleaf range which includes a sparkling.

After arrival at the winery the grapes for Churchview Estate St Johns Wild Fermented Viognier crushed and destemmed and the juice is allowed to settle in a stainless steel tank for 24 hours. The juice was then stirred gently and transferred into a mixture of brand new and secondary, hand selected French Oak Puncheons where the wine goes through a wild fermentation using only indigenous yeasts. The wine then aged at a constant temperature in Churchview’s specially designed barrel fermentation room. Over the following 5 months of barrel maturation, the wine was regularly stirred and topped. After this period, careful barrel selection takes place and the wine is assembled and prepared for bottling. No fining took place, and the wine was bottled with minimal filtration. The addition of sulphites, whilst necessary at the bottling stage, is kept to an absolute minimum. For all intents and purposes this wine can be categorised as an organic wine, low in preservatives.

Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

Tasting Notes

Colour: Bright pale straw.

Aroma: Distinctly aromatic ripe apple bouquet that immediately attracts your attention. Underlying this is prominent spices and honeysuckle fragrance that is complemented by subtle oak nuances. 

Flavour: There is a really lovely balance of delicate apple fruits and soft acid which leaves a gentle and lingering long dry finish. The use of some oak maturation creates an overall mouth-feel of roundness and mild dryness which is so complimentary to food.

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