Handpicked
Sauvignon Blanc

Region: Marlborough, New Zealand

2008

Marlborough's vintage of 2008 was the largest on record and provided some very anxious moments due to mother nature. Despite the bumper crop, the quality of the wines have been excellent with some great flavours coming through.

The first Marlborough vines were planted in 1973 in what would become New Zealand's largest and best known wine region. The distinctive pungency and zesty fruit flavours of the first wines placed the region on the map and generated worldwide interest in Marlborough wines, particularly Sauvignon Blanc.

The free-draining, alluvial loams over gravelly subsoils in the Wairau and Awatere River valleys provides ideal growing conditions. Abundant sunshine with cool nights and a long growing season helps to build and maintain the vibrant fruit flavours for which Marlborough is now famous.

TASTING NOTES
This classic Sauvignon Blanc is clear and bright with a colour of pale straw. A lovely citrus aroma blended with the ripe tropical flavours follow through as a rich well textured mouth feel balanced with crisp acidity. A fresh but complex wine with a lingering finish.

FOOD MATCHING
A wine to be enjoyed in the next 12-18 months and an ideal match with all seafood, poultry, pasta and vegetarian dishes.

pH. 3.46%
Alc/Vol 12.5%
Acidity 7.1 g/l
Residual Sugar 3.4 g/l

AWARD
2009 Japan Wine Challenge - Bronze Medal
2009 Perth Royal Wine Show - Bronze Medal