Blackenbrook Vineyard

Powerful and elegant, this Sauvignon Blanc offers rich flavours of passionfruit, nectarine and red capsicum, combined with a delicate texture and a lasting finish.

Soul mates from the kitchen:

Seared Nelson scallops, pan-fried blue cod, barbecued green lipped mussels and cockles, chicken breasts with spinach, macadamias and cottage cheese stuffing.

• Ideal serving temperature: 8 - 10°C

• 100% Blackenbrook fruit from our Home block
• Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
• All vines grafted on site
• Focus on healthy soil and strong plants
• Excellent spring weather resulted in almost perfect pollination. A warm summer brought along healthy canopy growth leading to the earliest harvest ever
• Hand-harvested and hand-sorted in three individual picks at different stages of ripeness from 25 March to 3 April

• Whole bunch pressed
• Gravity-fed from press area to main winery
• Cool fermentation
• Extended fine lees contact in stainless steel
• Minimal pumping
• No fining pre-bottling
• Cross-flow filtration
• Bottled on 28 July 2008 under screw capsules
• 13.5% Alcohol