2008 Symphony Hill Wild Child Wild Yeast Viognier

Winemaker: Mike Hayes, self-taught by growing up and staying in the area.  This wine is part of  the winery's 'exslusive white label range', says the label which is white, with largey writ  'Wild Child' in grey in the left-hand top corner and a large purple hand in the right-hand bottom corner. This is a limited realease wine of only 150 cases, using wild Indigenous yeast. It has more colour than most Granite Belt whites: my drinking companion said pale wheat, clear with a very slight green tinge. She also reminded, or instructed, me that viognier, a variety I love, has the lemon of reisling, the honey of semillion and the weighty oilness of chardonnay. And that's why it's go good, is what I say: three grapes varieties that I love (having returned to chardonnay). Its perfume is of green apples and pine, but it's also nutty. The palate is light and subtle, with some height in the middle. A really very pleasant, sophisticated, complex and subtle wine. Symphnoy Hill itself has a sophisticated cellar door in minimalist, clean, white and polished-wood style, with an amazing cello or viola hanging on the wall as practically the only decor, apart from a striking red seating,  with a sharp, take-no-nonsense, aim-for-and appreciate-quality taster behind the counter. $30.00.