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Buy OnlineWinery notes (2022 Vintage)
"Focused aromas of guava, lime rind and papaya with light leesy nuances. Powerful and concentrated on the palate, with a tight mineral texture and flavours of melon, green peach and limoncello.
Cuvée juice is wild fermented in old 500 litre oak puncheons that have seen several years of chardonnay and then retained in barrel for extended maturation. I find that the wild yeast from this site has a very unique character. This sauvignon blanc is all about the wild yeast, high solids ferment, aging on yeast lees and a little bit of the nuances that come from the Kēkerengū area. I am crafting a wine with a very linear, focused structure around which I can build beautiful textures."
5 Stars Michael Cooper (2022 Vintage)
"Grown and hand-harvested at Kekerengu, south of the Awatere Valley, this wine is fermented and matured in old French oak puncheons. Bright, light yellow/green, the 2022 vintage is weighty, with concentrated, ripe, tropical fruit flavours, finely integrated oak adding richness and complexity, and a rounded, seamless finish. Still unfolding, it should be at its best mid-2024+."
94/100 Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review, February 2024 (2022 Vintage)
"Quite a mellow, restrained sauvignon with reasonably soft acidity nicely balanced by subtle fruit and alcohol sweetness to give a delicately dry finish. Will be appreciated by those who find sauvignon too acidic."
Rated Excellent & 93/100 Cameron Douglas MS, December 2023 (2022 Vintage)
"A delicious wine, class, fresh, vibrant and dry. Aromas and flavours of crisp apple and white peach, there’s a light saline edge to the acid line, some fresh herb moments and ripe citrus. As the wine opens out on the palate a steely white soil mineral quality develops accentuated by the acidity, some lees textures and fruit flavours that reflect the bouquet remain persistent. Dry on the finish with best drinking from 2024 through 2028."
