Description

Flavours of passionfruit, grapefruit and blackcurrant with a salty minerality

Senior Winemakers

Stewart Maclennan & Hamish Clark

Colour

Pale straw.

Aroma

Tropical notes of passionfruit, grapefruit and blackcurrant combine with herbaceous characters and a subtle salty note.

Palate

Rich and weighty with pungent flavours of passionfruit and fresh grapefruit along with green notes of nettle and capsicum. A salty minerality leads to a long lingering finish.

Ageing Potential

Perfect for drinking immediately, this wine will be at its best over the next two to three years.

Winemaking and Viticulture: Fruit was sourced from a selection of vineyards located predominantly in the lower Wairau sub-region. This is what Saint Clair regards as Marlborough’s best sub-region for Sauvignon Blanc, producing wines with heightened expression. Each vineyard block was harvested at optimum flavour maturity and physiological ripeness. Grapes were transported to the winery quickly and pressed off immediately to minimise skin contact. After cold settling, the juice from each batch was fermented at cool temperatures using selected yeast strains. Each batch was assessed for quality and only the best components were selected for this ‘Origin’ blend.

Wine Analysis

Alcohol 13% v/v Residual sugar 2.3g/L Acidity 6.9g/litre pH 3.21

Food match

A perfect match for any freshly prepared shellfish.

Vegetarian Friendly

All the Saint Clair Sauvignon Blanc wines are selected from a stringent and unique quality assessment grading process from over 90 small parcels of fruit that are kept separate through the fermentation process.