Wine Note

Fresh and lively Sauvignon Blanc displaying typical fruit characters of the variety, with a lovely crisp natural acidity. Great served with chicken, fish and salads.

Fruit

Hawkes Bay Sauvignon Blanc

Alcohol Content

13.0%

Harvest

The mild and relatively cool weather during veraison were perfect for enabling the Sauvignon Blanc from our Gimblett Road Vineyard to reach optimal ripeness levels.

Vinification

The grapes were harvested and taken to the winery. The fruit was whole berry pressed and the harder pressed juice was separated from the free run. The juice cold settled overnight. After settling the juice was racked and inoculated with yeast. Fermentation was conducted cold to retain fruit flavours and lasted approximately 3 weeks. Just prior to completing fermentation the wine was racked off heavy yeast lees and left to settle on light lees. After 3 months on light lees the wine was blended, fined, stabilized and filtered prior to bottling.

Composition

2002 Hawkes Bay Sauvignon Blanc 94% 
2002 Hawkes Bay Semillon 6% 

Bottling

This wine was bottled on the 25th of September 2002.

Sensory

Colour: Pale straw with a green hue and brilliant clarity. 
Aroma: Fresh and lively with an intense grassy / capsicum aroma. 
Palate: Dry wine displaying strong varietal fruit flavours typical of the variety, which are enhanced by the crisp natural acidity.  

Cellaring

This wine is ready for immediate consumption but will continue to develop and complex with some bottle age.