Clos Henri - Petit Clos - Sauvignon Blanc 2015

Tasting notes

A welcoming hint of wet stone minerality on the nose follows with delicate notes of ripe blood orange and white peach. The mouth, refreshing from start to finish is also rich, dense and juicy offering this exquisite feel of biting in a tree-ripened stone fruit.

Technical data

Climate: Dry maritime with warm sunny days and cool nights
Annual sunshine: 2443 hours
Average annual rainfall: 647 mm
Latitude: 41.3 degrees south
Altitude: 85 – 150 metres above sea level
Soil: Greywacke river stone, Broadbridge and Wither clays
Planting density: High at 4400 vines/ha
Yield: 9t/ha
Clones: MS, 242, 316, 317, 376, 530, and 905
Rootstock: RG, 101-14, 3309, and Schwarzmann
Vine age: 3–7 year old vines
Alcohol: 13.4%
Residual sugar: <1g/l
Total acidity: 6g/l
pH: 3.05
Ageing potential: 2-3 years from vintage
Wine match: on its own or with fresh seafood.

Viticulture

In the French tradition, our entire vineyard is high density planted - this forces the vines to compete with one another, resulting in highly concentrated grapes and more mineral flavours in the wine. The younger Sauvignon vines are situated on our 3 different soils types.

What is Petit Clos

Petit Clos, translated from French to mean 'small enclosed vineyard', captures the vibrancy of our estate. Petit Clos wines come from our younger vines, from a mixture of soil types.

Winemaking

The wine was fermented in stainless steel tanks to retain fruit purity and flavour; it was then aged on fine yeast lees for three months. Lees stirring over this time allows the wine to stabilise naturally, enabling us to fine the wine only once before a light, non-sterile filtration. This extended lees contact also helps the wine to gain roundness and texture.

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