Esk Valley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

This a very aromatic and intensely flavoured Sauvignon Blanc true to its Marlborough origins. Given the fantastic 2023 growing season, the wine is a heady blend of passionfruit and punchy green notes of snow pea and fresh herbs. It is a rich and full-flavoured style with a crisp dry finish which provides freshness and length to the palate.

Vineyards located in the cooler Awatere Valley (100%) were utilised for this wine. The vineyards are planted on a mix of free draining gravel and clay soils which provide both elegance and structure to the blended wine. This was a very good Marlborough harvest with moderate yields producing intensely flavoured grapes resulting in wines with punchy aromatics and richly textured palates.

The individual parcels were harvested and transported to the winery for immediate processing to capture the freshness of the fruit. Fermentation was conducted at cool temperatures utilising selected yeast strains. Post-fermentation the wines were left on their yeast lees with regular stirring to gain further richness and body before blending and bottling.