Herbal aromas interleave with attractive notes of grapefruit, orange capsicum and passionfruit on the nose. A lush palate is given poise by crisp acidity and refined by a subtle minerally texture.
Technical Information
WINEMAKING NOTES Hand harvested grapes were gently whole bunch pressed. After cold settling the juice was racked and inoculated for fermentation. Temperatures were kept low, during fermentation to preserve the fruit flavours and aroma. Fermentation was stopped before dryness in order to retain a subtle natural residual sweetness that balances the acidity and structure of the wine. The finished wine was bottled via gravity.
PH 3.32 RS 8.5 G/L TA 5.9 G/L ALC 13.6 %
VITICULTURE Pruned to 2 cane vertical shoot positioned (VSP). The vines had a light leaf pluck and trim to ensure the canopy was kept open and light. Bunch thinning, at fruit set, was carried out to balance the crop weight to the vines capacity to ripen fruit. The fruit was hand harvested.
Awards & Reviews
Winestate, May/June 2009 This mouthfilling, richly flavoured wine has ripe, ‘sweaty armpit’ aromas and fresh, rich, tropical fruit and herbal flavours that linger well. 41/2 stars
Bob Campbell, Oct 2008 Soft and reasonably rich wine with rock melon, pear drop and aromatic herb flavours. Gentle Sauvignon Blanc that offers value at this price. 83 points.
International Wine Challenge, Judge’s comments A herbal, mineral nose with some gooseberry, followed by grassy herbal flavours with ripe gooseberry and tropical fruit, with some mineral notes and good intensity.
Silver Medal, Royal Easter Show 2009 Bronze, International Wine Challenge, Decanter World Wine Awards, London 2009
Food & Wine
Shellfish (scallops, mussels), white fish (snapper, blue cod, terakihi, trevally), smoked fish, asparagus, dim sum, sushi, sashimi
