Blackenbrook Vineyard

Our Nelson St Jacques Sauvignon Blanc 2009 is a lively aromatic wine with ripe passionfruit and grapefruit flavours followed by a long and smooth finish.

About Our St Jacques Wines

Celebrate summer any time of year with wines that take you back to beaches, sunshine and fresh food. In true Nelson style they are named after Coquille St Jacques – French for the beautiful scallop shell. 

• 100% Blackenbrook fruit from our  Home block
• Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
• Focus on healthy soil and strong plants

After a good Nelson summer with plenty of sunshine, we headed into a wet February.

Fortunately the good weather returned and we enjoyed a picture-book harvest with warm days and cool nights – excellent conditions for flavour development.

• Handpicked on 18 March 2009

• Whole bunch pressed
• Gravity-fed from press area to main winery
• Cool fermentation
• Extended fine lees contact in stainless steel
• Minimal pumping

Bottled on 28 July  2009 under screw capsules

• 13.5% Alcohol