Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2019
COLOUR: Pale straw
AROMA: Intense and pure aromas of fresh passionfruit, ripe melon and lime. Notes of dried herbs, lemongrass, mandarin and blackcurrant add pungency and intensity to the aromatics.
PALATE: Powerful, tight and elegant. This wine displays intense ripe fruit flavours of passionfruit and white peach, with citrus notes of lime and mandarin pith. The palate has intense concentration and generous weight, balanced by an underlying minerality and tight structure to shape a wine with lively tension and textural balance.
ANALYSIS: Alc. 13% | pH 3.0 | TA 6.6
WINEMAKER NOTES:
Cool fermentation with cultured yeast in stainless steel tanks was utilised to retain the fresh varietal aromatics. This was balanced by a portion of the fruit subjected to traditional
winemaking practices; handpicked, whole bunch pressed and fermented in seasoned oak barrels, adding texture and length to the wine. The result is a hand-crafted wine combining
the bright fresh fruit characters with an underlying minerality and fine structure.
VITICULTURALIST NOTES:
The 2019 season was characterised by hot and dry weather. Regular winter rainfall and a warm spring got the vines off to a great start. Summer followed a pattern of hot days and cool nights with lots of sunshine, perfect for vibrant and pure fruit characters. The natural vineyard yields were very low. Vineyard work focused around opening canopies and manipulating leaf to shade the fruit from the hot midday sun. This allowed the fruit to ripen slowly to optimum ripeness in early Autumn.
