Saint Clair Family Estate Marlborough Wairau Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2024 x 6
Product Description
Colour:
Pale green.
Aroma:
Powerful and expressive with
concentrated aromas of grapefruit
and blackcurrant bud with a green
herbaceous thread.
Palate:
Pure and refreshing with intense
flavours of passionfruit and crushed
herb. The palate is generous and rich
with a salty mineral note that leads to
a lingering, weighty finish.
Ageing Potential:
Drinking beautifully now and will be
at its best over the next three years.
Viticulture:
Proximity to the ocean sees stronger
maritime influences on the single
vineyard in the lower Wairau Valley
where fruit for the Saint Clair Wairau
Reserve Sauvignon Blanc was grown.
The daytime temperatures are warm,
facilitating ripening, while the night
temperatures are typically cooler than
the central and upper parts of the
Wairau Valley. This promotes increased
hang time and flavour development.
Nutrient rich soils deposited over
time due to non-erosive flooding
(prior to stop bank flood protection
being introduced) have formed
even and fertile sites. The nutrient
hungry Sauvignon Blanc vines utilise
this fertility to produce extremely
concentrated flavours and aromas.
Winemaking:
The juice was pressed off immediately
to minimize skin contact following
harvesting. After settling, the juice was
fermented in stainless steel using a
selected yeast strain. The fermentation
was carried out at cool temperatures
to retain varietal characters and
freshness. This parcel was identified
by our winemaking team during
comprehensive blind tastings as the
very best batch of wine produced for
the 2024 vintage and therefore bottled
as the Saint Clair Wairau Reserve.
Wine Analysis:
Alcohol 13% v/v
Residual sugar 2.1g/L
Acidity 7.4g/litre
pH 3.33
Food Match:
An exceptional food friendly wine
which will match beautifully with
freshly shucked oysters or steamed
mussels.
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