Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"Framingham Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is designed to be typically Marlborough in style, with a few twists. Texture and mouthfeel are as important to us as aromatic and flavour profile. Consequently, this style pairs well with food. Expressive aromatics, with flint, meyer lemon, and a subtle short bread note. A well-rounded palate with volume and mouthfeel. Flavours of passion and stone fruit, sweet herbs and a fine boned acid finish.
Each parcel of fruit is kept separate in the winery. Juices were predominately fermented in stainless steel using several different treatments, however 8% of the final wine was fermented in oak and acacia puncheons. A small component was fermented on skins. 50% of the blend was aged on ferment lees for 5 months prior to being blended and bottled."
94/100 NZ Wine Rater, Sauvignon Blanc Tasting 2022 (2022 Vintage)
"Funky, complex and vinous on the nose with aromas of red capsicum, lemon rind, and wet stones, punctuated by sulphide-derived characters of gunflint and burnt match. A full-flavoured, rather dramatic wine to taste with a rich, viscous, textural mid-palate and a powerful, punchy, engaging finish. Bravo."
Rated Excellent & 93/100 Cameron Douglas MS, May 2023 (2022 Vintage)
"Aromatic, pungent, pure, ripe, herbaceous and fresh bouquet. Classic and varietal. Flavours on the palate include fresh apple and lemon. there’s a lime and cape gooseberry along with fresh basil and thyme. Acidity is high, core fruit flavours touch the palate in all corners, a lovely example with ripeness and varietal pungency. Best drinking from 2023 through 2029."