Wine Note 100% Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc, this wine shows ripe passionfruit and delicate tropical fruit aromas and hints of gooseberry. Delicious fresh wine with a lovely balance of acid and fruit sweetness. The finish is lively and lingering. Perfect to have as an aperitif or with pan fried snapper or tempura oysters.. Fruit Sauvignon Blanc Alcohol Content 13.0% Harvest The grapes were hand selected when flavour, sugar and acid were at an optimum from our vineyard blocks located on Gimblett Road. The fruit was in excellent condition at harvest. Vinification Some of the fruit for this wine was cold soaked for a few hours before being pressed. This helped to heighten the aromatic flavours of the wine. Other batches were put directly to press and were whole berry pressed before being cold settled. All the pressings were kept separate until the final blending. The juice was racked off lees and inoculated with selected yeast to enhance the natural characteristics of Sauvignon Blanc. Fermentation was controlled and the temperature was maintained between 12-15 degrees. After fermentation the wine was left on yeast lees for 3 months to add some richness and texture to the wine. Prior to bottling the wine was blended, fined, stabilized and filtered. Composition 100% Hawkes Bay Bottling This wine was bottled on the 2nd of October 2004 Sensory Colour: Straw with green tinges and brilliant clarity Cellaring Drink now or cellar for 1-2 years. |
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