Auntsfield Single Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020

Auntsfield Single Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020Dry style Ripe citrus Passionfruit Textural balance "A magnificent expression of the variety; the intensely aromatic bouquet shows green rockmelon, passionfruit, feijoa and kaffir lime characters. The palate displays outstanding concentration and persistency, together with textural mouthfeel and lively acidity, finishing impressively long and flavoursome" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2020 A magnificent expression of the variety; the intensely aromatic

• Dry style
• Ripe citrus
• Passionfruit
• Textural balance

"A magnificent expression of the variety; the intensely aromatic bouquet shows green rockmelon, passionfruit, feijoa and kaffir lime characters. The palate displays outstanding concentration and persistency, together with textural mouthfeel and lively acidity, finishing impressively long and flavoursome" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2020

A magnificent expression of the variety; the intensely aromatic bouquet shows green rockmelon, passionfruit, feijoa and kaffir lime characters. The palate displays outstanding concentration and persistency, together with textural mouthfeel and lively acidity, finishing impressively long and flavoursomePale straw colour in the glass. Intense and pure aromas of fresh passionfruit, and ripe citrus. Notes of dried herbs, mandarin peel and fresh floral notes give intensity to the aromatics. Powerful, tight and elegant. This wine displays intense ripe fruit flavours of passionfruit and white peach, and tropical fruits with fresh citrus and citrus peel. The palate has intense concentration and generous weight, balanced by an underlying minerality and tight structure to shape a wine with lively tension and textural balance.

The Single Vineyard wines are made from grapes grown at Auntsfield Estate. Each wine shows the distinctive characteristics of ripeness, texture and minerality - qualities unique to the ancient Greywacke rock and Loess clay soils of the vineyard.

The 2020 season was amazing! If you could reproduce the weather conditions of this season every year you would. Regular winter rainfall and a cool spring encouraged canopy growth but keep cropping levels low. Summer was very dry but stayed relatively cool resulting in healthy vines with no disease or water stress. There was a slow progression into Autumn with a long drawn out ripening period where the fruit reached optimum ripeness in perfect harvest conditions.

Cool fermentation with cultured yeast in stainless steel tanks was utilised to retain the fresh varietal aromatics. This was balanced by a portion of the fruit subjected to traditional winemaking practices; handpicked, whole bunch pressed and fermented in seasoned oak barrels, adding texture and length to the wine. The result is a hand-crafted wine combining the bright fresh fruit characters with an underlying minerality and fine structure.

Auntsfield continues the proud heritage of Marlborough’s first vineyard and winery established in 1873. Auntsfield Estate aims to produce a distinctive style of Sauvignon Blanc. The style is aimed towards texture, complexity and length, balancing the typical Marlborough fruit spectrum and aromatics with richness and mouth feel.