Wine Note

A luscious rich palate showing ripe fruit balanced with a fresh natural acidity. Complexity comes from the wild ferment, French oak and malolactic components. A mouthwatering Sauvignon Blanc brilliant with food. 
Available throughout NZ but not in the cellar door.

Fruit

100% Sauvignon Blanc

Vinification

The fruit was selected from our Sauvignon Blanc block that is planted on one of our more stony sites on our Gimblett Gravels vineyard. Through hand picking we were able to select the riper, cleaner bunches to go into our reserve product. The fruit was whole bunch pressed with the first portion being run directly to barrel, with no additions, for a wild fermentation. The remaining juice was cold settled overnight, racked to a fermentation tank and inoculated with a selected yeast. Fermentation temperature was controlled at around 12-15°C and lasted for approximately 2-3 weeks. Some of the batches were transferred to a selection of new and seasoned French barriques to finish ferment. The barrel portion remained on gross yeast lies with weekly stirring. About 20% of the blend was put through malolactic fermentation. After about 10 months of maturation in oak and stainless steel the wine was protein and cold stabilized, filtered and bottled.

Composition

100% Matariki Gimblett Road Vineyard, Hawke's Bay Sauvignon Blanc.

Bottling

This wine was bottled on the 16th of February.

Sensory

Brilliant straw with golden highlights. Lifted aromas of tropical fruits, guava and melon combined with subtle preserved lemon, hints of mineral, toasty oak and mealiness.A luscious rich palate showing ripe fruit balanced with a fresh natural acidity. Complexity comes from the wild ferment, French oak and malolactic components.