Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2024
TASTING NOTES
COLOUR: Pale straw
AROMA: Lifted and pure aromas of fresh passionfruit, ripe citrus and lime. Notes of dried herbs, lemongrass, papaya and jalapeno add pungency and intensity to the aromatics.
PALATE: Powerful, tight and elegant. This wine displays intense ripe fruit flavors of passionfruit juice 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. 13.5% | pH: 3.12 | TA: 7.2
WINEMAKER NOTES
Picked during cool evenings, fermentation at low temperatures in stainless steel tanks was utilized to retain the fresh varietal aromatics with 10% fermented with indigenous yeast. After fermentation, the wine underwent an extended period of lees contact, 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.
VITICULTURIST NOTES
The 2024 season was characterised by a low cropping level and a very dry Summer. Regular winter rainfall and a very cool Spring encouraged canopy growth but reduced cropping levels. A Summer drought further reduced cropping levels and produced disease free vines with a lot of ripening capacity. The slow progression into Autumn, along with the long-drawn-out ripening period, allowed the fruit to reach optimum ripeness in perfect harvest conditions.
