Toi Toi Lifestyle Marlborough Lighter Alcohol Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Toi Toi Lifestyle Marlborough Lighter Alcohol Sauvignon Blanc 2023"Brightly fruited and instantly appealing, the wine shows green rockmelon, fresh fig, nectarine and lemon zest aromas, leading to a delightfully flavoursome palate delivering pristine fruit notes with juicy acidity, making it fabulously drinkable. At its best: now to 2025" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Oct 2023 "A sound, tidy style for low alc while retaining the Sauvignon fruit tang, especially when first opened. The fresh, crisp statemnt remains after

"Brightly fruited and instantly appealing, the wine shows green rockmelon, fresh fig, nectarine and lemon zest aromas, leading to a delightfully flavoursome palate delivering pristine fruit notes with juicy acidity, making it fabulously drinkable. At its best: now to 2025" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Oct 2023

"A sound, tidy style for low alc while retaining the Sauvignon fruit tang, especially when first opened. The fresh, crisp statemnt remains after sipping and the fruit, with 3 per cent less alcohol, will encourage those happy to have lower potency for whatever reason" Peter Saunders, Aug 2022

Enjoy the full array of flavours that Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is renowned for just with a lower alcohol content. This wine is light in colour with a pale straw hue. Lifted and refreshing, exhibiting flavours of lemon, red apple, yellow melon and kiwifruit with a touch of box hedge and minerality thrown in. Taste the lingering citrus and flinty notes with each sip. Easy to drink and easy to enjoy.

Toi Toi Lower in Alcohol Sauvignon Blanc offers lower calories and less alcohol, with no compromise in flavour or quality. Toi Toi was one of the first New Zealand winemakers to create lower in alcohol wines. Our experience is showcased in the enormous popularity of these wines amongst a growing number of health and socially conscious wine lovers.

We craft all of our Toi Toi Sauvignon Blanc from four Marlborough vineyards, each of which bring their own expression to the wine; Brookdale Vineyard in the Southern Valley’s, Utawai Vineyard nearer to the coast, Calrossie between the Wairau and Awatere Valleys, and Wrekin Road in the Upper Brancott Valley.

Grapes are harvested in the cool of evening to help retain fruit purity and flavours. Each vineyard is picked progressively as it reaches optimum ripeness which provides multiple flavour profiles with which to craft our wine.

In the winery the wine is given 2-3 hrs of skin contact and then gently pressed. This helps add structure to the wine and no fining means we retain more of the grape’s natural flavours. The wine is fermented in stainless steel tanks with an array of yeasts; some to enhance aromatics and some to provide savoury notes, weight and structure.

To create a lower in alcohol wine, the important factor isn’t taking away – it’s ensuring the flavour stays. It’s all in the fruit selection. We select fruit with bright aromatic qualities and varietal intensity. When the alcohol is reduced in the winemaking process, these notes and flavors are retained, as is the zesty and refreshing mouthfeel of the wines.