Wildsong Sauvignon Blanc

This highly enjoyable Sauvignon Blanc is filled with nectarine, grapefruit and rockmelon characters with an elegant lime zest lift. The palate is generous and flavoursome with excellent fruit intensity, beautifully structured by juicy acidity. It is long and attractive on the finish. 

The grapes were gently pressed and fermented in stainless steel and older French oak barriques to maximise fruit intensity and texture. Four to eight months on yeast lees helped create a rich palate and complexity.

The estate’s Maraekakaho Vineyard is planted on an ancient river terrace that was formed by the Ngaruroro River which now flows around 60 meters below the vineyard. With its headwaters in the Kaweka Ranges to the west of Hawkes Bay, the river has created the landscapes through glacial melts, floods and droughts over the last few hundred thousand years. The old terraces that remain are made up of greywacke (a compressed sandstone) boulders and gravels from the ranges, and a topsoil borne of windblown loess, volcanic ash and humus created by ancient forests and vegetation. A warm and relatively dry, early summer lead to a very hot January and February. In early March Hawke’s Bay received one significant rain event (100+mm of rain) that caused much-publicised local flooding in the Esk Valley. Rain events are far from unusual in the Hawkes Bay and with excellent forecasting now available, most growers and winemakers know how to react before, during and after such an event.

Veggie, not vegan.

2018

12%

75cl