Wairau River Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022

Wairau River Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022Dry style Passiofnfruit Feijoa & kaffir lime Fresh finish "Intensely aromatic and deliciously expressed, the fragrant bouquet shows passionfruit, feijoa, kaffir lime and subtle musky characters, leading to a powerfully flavoursome palate offering terrific fruit purity and persistency. Gorgeously appealing and highly enjoyable. At its best: now to 2025" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jun 2022 Intense lifted notes of ripe tropical fruits and citrus on the nose.

• Dry style
• Passiofnfruit
• Feijoa & kaffir lime
• Fresh finish

"Intensely aromatic and deliciously expressed, the fragrant bouquet shows passionfruit, feijoa, kaffir lime and subtle musky characters, leading to a powerfully flavoursome palate offering terrific fruit purity and persistency. Gorgeously appealing and highly enjoyable. At its best: now to 2025" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jun 2022

Intense lifted notes of ripe tropical fruits and citrus on the nose. Refined and elegant, displaying a finely textured palate with flavours of guava and stone fruit. Wonderfully expressive with a fresh, dry finish.

After a lower yielding 2021 vintage, Marlborough was blessed with outstanding weather in December providing near perfect flowering conditions and a subsequent great fruit set. This translated into an increased number of berries per bunch, and helped offset the slightly lower than average bunch numbers which was a result of the cooler weather we experienced during flowering in 2020. The great weather conditions continued through January with above average daily temperatures and sunshine hours, punctuated by timely periods of rainfall. This ensured optimal soil water status giving great canopy development and health. Initially it looked like an early start to harvest but then we saw periods with cooler temperatures and increased rainfall in late January and early February. This slowed development and extended the ripening period with harvest commencing in the 3rd week of March and concluding at the end of April. The extended ripening period has lead to wines with great balance and poise ensuring some outstanding components to go into this years’ blends.

Sourced from our family vineyards across the Marlborough region, these grapes were harvested in the cool hours of the morning, gently pressed and fermented in stainless steel vats. After blending, the wine was left to settle on light lees before bottling on the Wairau River Estate.