2023 Mansion House Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
$18.00
TASTING NOTE
Our 2022 Mansion House Bay Sauvignon Blanc has a fine and elegant palate with flavours of grapefruit, lime, white peach and varietal herbaceous notes. Clean and dry on the finish, this is a medium bodied wine that leaves the palate fresh and wanting more.
Cellaring: This wine is ready to be enjoyed now or within three to five years of the vintage date.
Food Match: Try this wine with fresh seafood, including Marlborough’s famous green-shell mussels, summer salads, poultry and goat’s cheese.
Serve: Lightly chilled.
Vegan Friendly.
WINE ANALYSIS
Alcohol: 13.1%
Residual Sugar: 2.4 g/L
Acidity: 7.1 g/L
pH: 3.21
VITICULTURE
Harvest Dates: 30th March - 3rd April 2023.
Vintage: 2023 growing season started with soil moisture at capacity, following a wet winter. Uneven flowering conditions during November and December meant some sub regions achieved better fruit set than others. Vigilance around disease pressure was paramount due to regular rain events and himidity. March saw sunny days and cool nights, and a delayed harvest resulting in fruit that reached good sugar levels with attractive flavours.
Grape Growing: We are proud to source the fruit for this wine exclusively from Marlborough, and certified Appellation Marlborough Wine. The fruit comes from Marlborough's southern Valleys (84%) with the balance from the Western Wairau Valley.
WINEMAKING
Winemaking: The fruit was machine harvested, often overnight, and pressed immediately with minimal skin contact. After cold settling, the clear juice was fermented in stainless steel tanks at 16°C – 12°C with selected yeast strains to preserve pure sub regional characters and varietal flavours. Wines sat on light yeast lees in tank for up to 6 weeks prior to blending in June 23. The wine has been heat and cold stabilised, and sterile filtered, prior to bottling.
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