Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc harvested from Borthwick Vineyard.

Viticulture: Following a 2 week early budburst with a very cool spring provided a somewhat testing year in the vineyard. As the season progressed the regular pattern followed with the training and nurturing of the vines and grapes by hand. The cold spring produced a reduced yield but one of fantastic quality.


Specifications:

Alcohol: 13.5%
PH: 3.23
TA: 6.10g/l
Residual sugar: 2.6 g/l
Locality: Dakins Road


Winemaking: Hand picked in the early morning and processed quickly from the vineyard to the winery. The pressed juice retained all the flavours developed in the vineyard. After a controlled cool fermentation in stainless steel the wine was aged for 5 months on fermentation lies before filtering and bottling.

Tasting Notes: The 2003 Sauvignon Blanc shows characteristic passion fruit, nettle and gooseberry aromas, with intensely mouth filling tropical fruit flavours. This is a wine that follows the benchmark style and quality of the 2000/2001/2002 gold medal winning wines produced from the estate vineyard.