Description
Rich, single estate old vine Loire Sauvignon Blanc from a warm vintage, showing notes of exotic tropical fruits.
The nose is heady and herbaceous. The wine has significant palate weight, almost New World in style, with ripe passionfruit complemented by that herbaceous edge again. Very rounded with a rich texture and long finish.
Hand-picked, carefully selected estate fruit from the best parcels of old vines, 30-35 years old, grown on gentle south-facing slopes with sandy gravel soils. 20-25% of the harvest will be macerated on the skins, depending on the characteristics of the vintage. This is followed a slow fermentation at 18°C for three weeks in stainless steel vats. There is no malolactic fermentation. Wines are matured on their fine lees until bottling in the following spring.
