Greywacke Wild Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Product.Nr. 2265
Pioneering Marlborough winemaker Kevin Judd created this textural wine with a lingering finish – fermenting it in oak barrels and using wild yeasts. Doing so provides a significant savouriness and a totally different mouthfeel from the classic crisp and clean Marlborough Sauvignon. Prepare to experience something out of the ordinary.
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Greywacke Wild Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Reviews
James Suckling (JamesSuckling.com): 94/100: Lots of character to this, with apples, pears, popcorn kernels and blanched nuts. It’s medium-bodied with
delicious fruit and a flavorful finish. A serious sauvignon blanc for chardonnay lovers. Flinty and reductive at
the end.
Tasting note
A kaleidoscope of aromas, including lychee, mango and white floral, with herbal notes of tarragon and thyme. The succulent palate is equally intricate with gooseberry compote and nectarine, melding with notes of linseed, lanolin, flintstone and sandalwood. Bright acidity and a hint of saltiness provide perfect balance to the generous and textured finish. Greywacke Wild Sauvignon is a hands-off style of Marlborough sauvignon blanc, an untamed and singular expression of season and place.
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Additional information
Wine type: White wine
Grape varial: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Alcohol: 13.5% vol
Food match: Match with Mediterranean fare and seafood.
Vineyards: Marlborough, New Zealand. Fruit was sourced from various vineyard sites in the Southern Valleys and the central Wairau Plains, specifically in Woodbourne, Renwick and Rapaura. Soil types vary from the young alluvial deposits of Rapaura and Renwick, which contain high proportions of greywacke river stones, to the older and denser clay-loams of the Southern Valleys.
Winemaking: Some vineyards were harvested by machine during cool (often cold) nighttime conditions and others by hand during the day. The grapes were lightly pressed to yield a modest volume of high-quality juice, which was then cold-settled prior to racking into French oak barriques, a small percentage of which were new. The juice was allowed to undergo spontaneous indigenous yeast fermentation, the tail end of which continued for well over six months. The wine had occasional lees stirring and approximately two-thirds underwent malolactic fermentation. It was transferred out of oak prior to the following harvest and left on yeast lees for a further six months. The wine was bottled in September 2023.
Wine style: dry
Bottle size: 0.75l
Notice: contains sulfites
Cellaring potential: 2030+
Closure: Screwcap
Produced and bottled by: Greywacke Vineyards, Renwick Rd, Marlborough, New Zealand
Distributor: FrischeParadies GmbH & Co. KG, Geschäftsbereich Weinwerk Frankfurt, Lärchenstraße 80, 65933 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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