Manseng is one of our great success stories with Alternative Varieties, its small berries, tough skins & open bunches make it very resistant to botrytis, the bane of our high summer rainfall. Petit Manseng or Gros Manseng? While we believed we planted Petit Manseng fifteen years ago the new DNA research conducted by Wine Australia showed that all planting material that has been imported to Australia is actually Gros Manseng. Whatever Petit or Gros, our Manseng delivers juicy, fresh with unmistakable tension and high flavour concentration resulting in very long aging potential.
2017 Topper’s Mountain wild ferment Petit Manseng
$35.00
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Variety
Manseng is one of our great success stories with Alternative Varieties, its small berries, tough skins & open bunches make it very resistant to botrytis, the bane of our high summer rainfall.
Petit Manseng or Gros Manseng? While we believed we planted Petit Manseng fifteen years ago the new DNA research conducted by Wine Australia showed that all planting material that has been imported to Australia is actually Gros Manseng.
What’s the difference? Both varieties have very small berries (Petit smaller than Gros), both share intensive ripe citrus and floral aromatic profile and mainly both are high in natural acid.
Whatever Petit or Gros, our Manseng delivers juicy, fresh with unmistakable tension and high flavour concentration resulting in very long ageing potential.
Tasting Notes
Our Manseng shows fresh aromas of orange blossom and citrus peel, juicy flavours of ripe citruses and honey with unmistakable tension between naturally high acidity and rich flavour concentration resulting in a very long aging potential. Perfect wine to be drank by the glass but it provides enough texture to accompany wide range of food.
Optimal serving temperature: 11 – 13 °C
Food pairing: Think about parrot fish, trout or a quail. The racy acidity together with rich flavours will also go beautifully with fattier pork dishes.
Wine Details
Region: New England
Variety: Gros Manseng
Vintage: 2017
Alcohol content: 13.5 %
RS: 0.62 g/l
TA: 7.2 g/l
pH: 3.05
Bottle size: 750 ml
Winemaking: fermented in old oak with wild yeast & aged in oak for another 6 months.
Cellaring potential: up to 2028.
Production: 1550 bottles produced.
Expert Reviews
95 points – Mike Bennie, The Winefront, Aug 2020
Such a good wine, this. A strong assertion of individuality by Topper’s.
Very aromatic, muted floral notes, green apple, nashi pear, cashew nuts and exotic spice. Beautiful perfume. Slippery texture that rolls exceptionally long and to a nice, neat pucker. Coursing acidity of lemon-lime and saline character, so minerally and fresh. This is a feast for the senses but wildly complex and compelling too. Stunning white wine.
Weinpeter –
Weinpeter- a Wine&Cheese Lover.
This for many little known Toppers Manseng was for me and my friends a true eye opener. Now it is my `food-wine´ as it pairs well with a large variety of meals like asian dishes, heavier fish, buttery pork as well as cheeses like Washed Rind, Cornish Kern, French Saint Agur and many more.