Poppies Martinborough
Estate Viognier 2025 750ml

Two words…intriguing and exotic…

I have had the pleasure of creating wines from this extraordinary variety

in my previous wine life here in Martinborough and so to revisit this

iconic Southern France variety, that I might add, is experiencing a

revival, is pure joy….

Another two words…. adore and admire..

Both in synergy…adore for its flirtatious nature and admire for its

scarcity of production outside of its homeland, and for us only 300

bottles produced

The flirtatious nature is expressed in its distinctive and prominent gloss

in its viscous texture,

Soft lush flavours are carried upon a 6g/L residual sugar of succulent

and almost non relevant sweetness, of ripe peaches, musk and

honeysuckle, this is what makes for a wine that screams to be paired

with scallops or a chicken tagine with apricots and almonds on a saffron

rice…you would think that I’m the chef…but no I’m still only the crafter of

these beautiful grapes..