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Hobbs Viognier 2006

Wine Description

Picked from a 1.5 acre patch of our own Viognier planted in 1988. All of our dessert wines are made the same way. We do not use Botrytis infected fruit or fortification in any of our dessert wines. After hand picking the grapes are placed into trays and semi dried. This drying process highlights and intensifies natural flavours and aromas. Giving a very long clean and crisp finish combined with wonderful fruit.

Wine Tasting Notes

Deep burnished gold colour. Lively complexity of aromas in this wine. Bursting of citrus blossom, green limes and pineapple, cumquats and marmalade following through on the palate. Silky smooth mouthfeel with an enduring finish.

This great variety is rich and complex with subtle jasmin and citrus blossom aromas. The palate is crisp clean and inviting with rich flavours of limes, pineapple and tangelos. Great mouth-fill and luscious extended flavours.

Wine Reviews

Hobbs Viognier 2006

Rated 94 points

Deep gold, less luscious than the Semillon, but does have apricot and honey varietal nuancesand arguably better balance. 9.4% alcohol. drink now to 2012.

(Source: James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010)

Hobbs Viognier 2006

Rated 90 points

Ripe and thick, dense in texture, but relatively light in flavor, delivering pretty apricot and pear fruit in modest proportions. Delicious and nicely balanced with enough acidity. Drink now.

(Source: Wine Spectator, Harvey Steiman, posted May 12th, 2010)

2006 Hobbs Viognier
Rating: 90 points

The 2006 Viognier is light gold-colored with a slightly muted nose of apricot and peach. It is fat and ripe in the mouth with layered moderately sweet flavors.

Greg and Allison Hobbs vineyards are contiguous with Chris Ringlands Three Rivers vineyards; furthermore, Ringland is a consultant to winemaker Peter Schell. The Hobbs sweet wines are made with minimal intervention and are bottled unfined and unfiltered.

(Source: Wine Advocate #173 October 2007)