Sauvignon Blanc Estate Land Made
2019
Located in the Awatere Valley, Marlborough, Yealands Family Wines produces award-winning wines in harmony with nature. Yealands Family wines is the culmination of the vision, dedication and hard work of Peter Yealands--a New Zealand pioneer with the goal of creating delicious wines and the world’s most sustainable winery. His motto to “think boldly, tread lightly and never say it cannot be done” guides every initiative at the estate. The wines are produced from vineyards in the Awatere...
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The 2019 growing season in Marlborough was a hot and dry one. Small amounts of rain fell towards the end of December, but then nothing until late February. These rain events had very little impact on soil moisture levels, but helped to replenish local rivers. Vintage started in mid-March and provided incredibly stable weather. This meant blocks of grapes could be picked at their optimum, without having the pressure from weather events like experienced in previous years. The resulting wine is showing the wonderful hallmarks that the Awatere vineyards are known for – highly aromatic fruit ¬flavors, with underlying purity and minerality.
Selected parcels of Sauvignon Blanc from the Awatere Valley vineyards were used to craft this wine. The fruit was harvested over a period of twenty days. At the winery, the fruit was de-stemmed and gently pressed. Each of the individual parcels were fermented separately using a range of selected yeasts to enhance varietal characters. The wine was then blended, stabilized and filtered in preparation for bottling.
The nose shows citrus notes, underpinned with aromas of fresh herbs and blackcurrant leaf. Full, lively and balanced on the palate with a long, crisp mineral finish. Enjoy with seafood, chicken, salads and pastas. Suitable for vegetarians, vegans and a gluten free diet.
Racy, pungent, mouthwatering.
I love the name land made, because wine comes from the land, with a little help from man, of course.
It is a racy and precise wine that will have your mouth watering before your first sip. Notes of mineral, saline, gooseberry, passionfruit lime, lemongrass and green apples pop out of the glass. It is mouthwatering, pungent and razor sharp. A lengthy and honest savvy, which will make you pucker up.
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Bright, very pale straw colour, with slight green hues. The nose is elegant and well-proportioned with soft aromas of pungent passionfruit melded harmoniously with notes of tropical fruits, fresh herbs and suggestions of minerals. Dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate has a rounded, dense and relatively deep and concentrated core of pungent passionfruit, green capsicums and herbs. The flavours ae up-front and the palate has the energy and body to form a soft-textured, positively driven core, with lacy acidity providing liveliness. The wine carries to an elegant, lingering finish of passionfruit and herbs. This is an up-front, soft and rounded, well-packed Sauvignon Blanc with passionfruit, herb and capsicum flavours with good freshness.
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