Loveblock Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Loveblock Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021"Stylish and enticing, the wine shows grapefruit, rockmelon, lime zest and dried herb aromas on the nose, leading to a concentrated palate displaying excellent power and persistency. Generously textured and mouthfilling with juicy fruit intensity, finishing vibrant and impressively long. At its best: now to 2028" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Oct 2022 "Very attractive bouquet with pungency and power, elegance and style. Aromas of fresh herbs and white spice,

"Stylish and enticing, the wine shows grapefruit, rockmelon, lime zest and dried herb aromas on the nose, leading to a concentrated palate displaying excellent power and persistency. Generously textured and mouthfilling with juicy fruit intensity, finishing vibrant and impressively long. At its best: now to 2028" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Oct 2022

"Very attractive bouquet with pungency and power, elegance and style. Aromas of fresh herbs and white spice, apple and grapefruit, fresh lemon and tropical fruit. Herbaceous too with a thyme and sage lift. Salivating, fresh, fruity and delicious on the palate. A silky texture touches first then contrasting acidity and fruit flavours invade the palate. Balanced, well made and ready to drink from 2022 through 2025" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Oct 2022

"Intense, textual wine with white-fleshed nectarine, lemongrass, green capsicum, lime zest and guava flavours supported by attractive fruity acidity and gently drying phenolics" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Sep 2022

"Bright, pale straw-yellow, even colour throughout. The bouquet is calm and gently full, with aromas of mango and yellow stonefruit melded with wildflower, herb and maize. Medium-bodied, mango, nectarine and citrus aromas form a taut core, unfolding white spice, chervil, basil and maize. The mouthfeel is smooth and oily; fine-textured phenolics contribute to a chewy palate. Mouth-watering acidity appears softly and flows with good energy. This is a complex, savoury Sauvignon Blanc with perfectly ripe fruit and spice details on a textural palate. Fruit from Woolshed vineyard, organic certified" Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, Oct 2022

Pale straw with a hint of green and gold. Complex and elegant Sauvignon Blanc bouquet, with citrus blossom and wild flowers, surrounded by crushed ripe herbs and pineapple. Dense fruit core of juicy melon and peach complemented by hints of ripe herbs and florals. Beautifully rounded with layer upon layer of texture, this wine has a long, complex finish with plenty of minerality, citrus, ripe stone fruit and an umami quality.

The grapes for this wine are from our certified-organic Woolshed vineyard on Loveblock Farm, in the Lower Dashwood sub-region of Marborough’s Awatere Valley. The soil type is predominately aged alluvial loams containing some silt loam over stone. Dependent on vigour, the vines are pruned to two or three canes and trained in a normal vertical shoot position. The stellar 2021 growing season delivered ideal flowering conditions, followed by a warm, dry summer, meaning that the grapes were picked in perfect condition. As vine vigour determines the crop load, the yield was an average of 9 tonnes per hectare. Harvest occurred in March. No sulphur was used in the vineyard as per organic winemaking practices. Use of regenerative growth, manure and horn on the vineyard is employed to promote balanced, fertile soil, biodiversity and healthy grape growth in order to produce wine without the use of chemical pesticides, fungicides or additives of any kind.

Harvested in the cool Marlborough mornings (35 percent by hand and 65 percent by machine), the fruit for this wine was batch produced in small amounts with soil variation within the vineyard determining the batch size. The handpicked portion was fermented separately in alternate vessels – two concrete eggs, two amphorae and neutral old French oak barrels – on wild yeast. The concrete egg and amphorae portions were pressed and settled for a few hours, then racked to vessel where primary and secondary fermentation occurred spontaneously. The barrel portion went straight from press to barrel where it fermented on wild yeast and underwent malolactic fermentation. The machine harvested portion went straight to stainless tanks from press where 25 percent underwent full malolactic fermentation for softness and mouthfeel. Post fermentation, only the best parcels were selected for the final Loveblock blend.

Perched on top of the hills overlooking Marlborough's Awatere Valley, our Loveblock is far removed from the agricultural bustle in the valley below. From here you can almost see the end of the planet, the peace lifts you above your troubles. We are charged with creating the best wine we can to express this extraordinary place and its unique aspect. We follow our deeply held belief of organic farming, which allows the wine to show its true and naked terroir. Grown with love, made with care.

Food Pairing: Oysters, seafood, pasta and chicken.