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Sole Beech - Sauvignon Blanc - Reserve 2011
- Producer Johnson Estate Winery
- Blend 100% Sauvignon Blanc
- Country New Zealand
- Region Marlborough
- UPC 0 15643 24523 7
Tasting Notes
The 2011 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc shows lifted tropical notes of guava balanced by blackcurrant bud and fresh thyme characters. The palate is full with sufficient weight and the underlying flinty minerality typical of the vineyard which delivers a long, dry and crisp finish.
Winery Technical Data
Harvest date: 7-11 April 2011.
Vineyard: Seaview Vineyard.
Total acidity: 7.5.
Residual sugar: 3.5 g/l.
Vineyard: Seaview Vineyard.
Total acidity: 7.5.
Residual sugar: 3.5 g/l.
Vineyards
The 2011 vintage delivered a fantastic ripening period of warm, dry weather and cool nights, enhancing and capturing the grapes natural flavors. Overall the season produced outstanding wines brimming with varietal flavor, structure and intensity. The vineyards is exposed to some of the toughest growing conditions in Marlborough; high sunshine and wind, cool nights and low rainfall which produces a smaller, thicker skinned berry with intense fruit flavors. The rolling contours of the vineyard result in significant variation (smaller, more intensely flavored fruit on the ridges, balanced by lush growth in the gullies). This wine is composed of four small batches, a combination of coastal blocks and others at higher altitude and more inland.
Winemaking
Six parcels of Sauvignon Blanc were selected for this wine from our Vineyard. The parcels were harvested and fermented separately, using selected yeast strains for Sauvignon Blanc to enhance varietal character. A long, cool fermentation took place over four weeks, with the parcels then being blended and stabilised, prior to bottling.
