Blackenbrook Sauvignon Blanc 2016
Blackenbrook Sauvignon Blanc 2016
Fresh and tangy, our Sauvignon Blanc 2016 gracefully combines notes of vibrant green-capsicum and melon with a ripe acidity and lengthy finish.
Ideal serving temperature: 8 - 10°C
From Sustainable Production, accredited by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand
Vegan Wine, certified by the New Zealand Vegetarian Society
Reviews:
4 Stars Michael Cooper
A dryish Sauvignon Blanc, with a freshly aromatic, intensely varietal bouquet. Showing good vigour and intensity, with tropical-fruit and green-capsicum flavours, fresh and tangy.
Neil Hodgson, The Nelson Mail
This Sauvignon Blanc has a range of flavours and textures that are immediately enticing, with a rounded palate weight and bursting with green capsicum flavours wrapped around flinty acidity - it is a delicious wine!
Viticulture
From Sustainable Production, accredited by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand
Vegan Wine, certified by the New Zealand Vegetarian Society
Weather Conditions: Spring and early summer were hot and extremely dry. Much needed rain came in December and January promoting healthy canopy growth.
After a warm summer we received more rain just a few days before harvest. Luckily the fine weather returned – and with the help of our amazing picking team we managed to bring our crop in safely and in good condition.
• 100% fruit from our Home block
• Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
• Clone: Sauvignon Blanc MS
• Hand-harvested and hand-sorted on 04 April 2016
Winemaking
• Extremely gentle winemaking:
Whole bunch pressed, gravity-fed from press area to main winery, cool fermentation, extended lees contact, minimal pumping, no fining pre-bottling
• Oak-ageing for 4% of the wine to add complexity
• 5g/ltr natural residual sugar
• Bottled on 11 July in light-weight bottles to reduce our carbon footprint
• 13.0% alcohol