Tim Smith Viognier | Eden Valley
Not the old fashioned ‘apricots on steroids’ style that has given this exotic variety a bad name. There is a hint of ripe stone fruit, ginger, fresh apricot and white cherry flavors on the palate. Bright, clean acidity keeps this wine feeling fresh with a subtle flintiness and spicy dry lemon tinged finish.
Tim Smith was Barossa’s Winemaker of the Year in 2019. Tim has a long winemaking history and has made wines under the Tim Smith label for 13+ years. Sourcing fruit from old vines (100+ yrs) across Barossa, his wines are superb expressions of the variety Barossa soils have to offer. Focus is on traditional Rhone varietals and hands-off winemaking. Wild yeast, mostly old oak, no fining/filtration. Total annual production around 5,000 cases.
Whole bunches, pressed straight to a combination of mostly used and new barrels. Wild ferments, no MLF, and bottled after a short aging on yeast lees. It’s not the old fashioned ‘apricots on steroids’ style that has given this exotic variety a bad name.
