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Baltasis sausas
A rich complex wine of shattering intensity and high wire balance. Tasting like a draught of morning brioche with Creme Chantilly and caramelised sugar cradling luscious ripe apricot in oyster shell. Lime flower and a slice of pink grapefruit shimmer alongside toasted macadamia, grilled almond and raw cashew caramel. Like drinking a fine boulangerie praline pastry that persists all day long. Fearlessly big and bold, yet balanced and decadently delicious.
Serve at 12-14 °C with salmon steaks, minced chicken, lighter cheeses, vegetable salads.
This is bright and vivid with fantastic structure and tension. Aromas of lightly cooked apples, cream and hints of toasted oak. Full-bodied, yet so bright and agile. Goes on for minutes. Minerally, tangy and bright.
Salt-tinged citrus fruit and lime zest with huge texture and tension. This is bright and sparky with a sense of control, even though the warmth and richness of Chardonnay - from a warm, dry season tempered by cool nights - widens things out after a few minutes in the glass, adding texture and power. I love this, and love the memory of last tasting this wine on a train to Paris with winemaker and owner Will Berliner armed with cheese and a baguette. 3.6pH.
Cloudburst winery is located on rich bushland connecting to the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, which extends down to the edge of the Indian Ocean. They work within the sound of the sea whose influence on the grapes is tangible. Cooling maritime breezes mitigate warm daytime temperatures, allowing our grapes to ripen slowly and to gather flavor. Animals of all kinds live in or visit the vines. The practices consciously integrate the wild into what we cultivate. Everything is interrelated with the cycles of nature. The biodynamic approach considers the whole farm as an integrated, living system, with its foundation in the soil. A healthy soil retains moisture, is nutrient rich and alive with beneficial organisms supporting the vitality of the plants. The winery uses homeopathic preparations, fish and seaweed emulsions, biodynamic composts, rock dusts, mulches and cover crops. Each vine is the purest expression of its particular variety. Because grapes are grown on their own roots, developed from cuttings of the finest specimens available in region, they have varietal purity and natural vigor. The vines are dry-farmed and never irrigated. They have found their own water and have thrown down deep roots. Self-sufficient and deeply connected to the seasonal water cycles and natural processes inherent to our area, the vines are integrated expressions of this bio-diverse place.
