Brancott Estate Classic Sauvignon Blanc 2020

This zesty and vibrant wine jumps from the glass, with highlights of pink grapefruit, citrus and green capsicum. On the palate, flavours of passionfruit, grapefruit and fresh citrus. The resulting wine is beautifully balanced, with ripe fruit sweetness and tight fresh acidity this wine leaves you with mouth-watering sensations.

Brancott Estate Classic Sauvignon Blanc 2020

New Zealand had ideal growing conditions leading into harvest with average crops and clean, intensively flavourful fruit with early budburst across all the wine regions. A slightly wetter December ensured healthy vines leading into the growing season and a drier than normal January and February created perfect conditions for veraison and grape ripening through to the start of harvest. Cooler nights in late February and March also helped lock in the natural acidity and freshness to the fruit.

The grapes harvested for this wine were crushed and gently bag pressed off to achieve fresh, elegant juice. The juice was then promptly clarified to fermentation tank where is then fermented slowly at cool temperatures to retain the very distinctive regional and varietal characters of Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough. After fermentation was complete each tank was evaluated and blended to make this Classic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. A large proportion of the wine came from around the Wairau Valley with the balance of the fruit coming off vineyards scattered within the Awatere Valley.

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