2023
Controlled and fruit-forward, with flavours of passionfruit and peach alongside wet stone and some lovely herby green notes. Handpicked from two small parcels of Sauvignon Blanc planted in 1996, the fruit is then whole<span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:Nicholas%20Harrison" datetime="2024-05-28T20:00"> </ins>bunch pressed and racked to tank for a temperature-controlled fermentation. After fermentation, a small portion is put in old barrels, the rest back to tank for three months of maturation on lees before bottling.
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #353535; background: white;">"This is just a pup but it's on its way to an excellent place. Once again, as I was last release, I'm a bit smitten. Passionfruit and green pineapple, herbs, gravel, lemongrass and something sweeter, like mango. It's all cut and thrust and then, on the finish, it opens, allowing the flesh to flow in. Tonnes of length here. <span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); background: white;">Tension too. Plenty going on. It's simply excellent.<span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;">"<span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;"> 95 Points - Campbell Mattinson, Wine Front</em>
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