LEKO Blanc is a skin contact Savagnin – Exotic, spicy & crisp.

Vineyard: Sim's Vineyard, Lenswood.

Planted: 2004.

Soil type: Sandy loam on sandstone & ironstone.

Picking date: March 25, 2021.

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard.

Processing: Destem retaining ~ 50% whole berries. No whole bunch.

Fermentation: Natural ferment in open top steel fermenters, hand plunged twice daily.

Time on skins: 20 days.

Pressing: Free run and pressings combined.

Settling: Settled off gross lees for 7 days.

Aging vessel: Steel for 10 months.

Filtration: No.

Fining: No.

Alc: 13.1%

pH: 3.22

TA: 7.5

SO2: 30F, 60T

Production: 275 dozen

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