Halcyon Days 2023 "Musqué" 750ml 10.5% alc
Grapes grown by Andrew Colman at the beautiful certified organic Osawa vineyard, Mangatahi subregion Te Matau a Māui- Hawke's Bay.
Biogro certified Organic, no additions.
Blend: Chardonnay 100%
Musqué: a french term applied to grapes for making wine meaning perfumed and Muscat-like, indicates a clone or variety is highly aromatic.
We have been experimenting with the 809 Chardonnay cone for a few years now for Halcyon as a skin fermented white and this year it showed elevated muscat character which we love. So instead of blending it into Heliacal Rise we decide to bottle it on its own to share this expression of Chardonnay with you.
All grapes were handpicked with the clone 809 skin fermented on skins and the clones 121 and 15 whole bunch pressed. The 809 was on skins with a very gentle daily cap submerged by hand for 7 days before being pressed to tank topped with the 121 and clone 15. Completed full MLF in tank then aged on lees in tank till bottling.
Blend: 100% Chardonnay (56% clone 809, 31% clone 121, 13% clone 15)
Analysis: pH 3.48 TA 5.58 FSO2 0 RS 0.1 Alc 10.5%