Blackenbrook Vineyard

Our Blackenbrook Sauvignon Blanc 2012 radiates with bright aromatic passion fruit, red capsicum and gooseberry flavours, supported by a fresh sweet acidity.

Inspired by Nature – pure and balanced.  Crafted with care at our Family Winery in sunny Nelson – New Zealand.

Vegan Wine, certified by the New Zealand Vegetarian Society

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

·    From Sustainable Production, accredited by
     Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand

·    100% Blackenbrook fruit from Home block
·    Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
·    Clone Sauvignon Blanc MS

·    Weather Conditions:  A wet and cool spring reduced our crop levels  
     considerably.  Summer was marked by high rainfall and incredible
     canopy growth.   Luckily a stunning Indian Summer followed,        
     bringing along good ripeness and fantastic flavour development.   

·    Small crop of 7 T/ha
·    Hand-harvested and hand-sorted from 10 to 18 April with 22.5 Brix

·    Half the crop was di-stemmed before pressing
     with the balance 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
·    Gentle filtration in a single pass from cloudy to sterile.

·    Bottled on 1 August 2012 in Light-Weight Bottles to reduce our Carbon Footprint

·    13.5% Alcohol