Auntsfield 'South Oaks' Sauvignon Blanc 2020

COLOUR: Bright straw

AROMA: Sweet and fragrant with rock melon, nectarine and mandarin peel. Lifted notes of dry herbs, lime leaf, supplemented by complex aromas of nougat and toasted almond.

PALATE: This wine displays tension and great length. The palate is tight and fresh, supported with a dense fruit weight and underlying chalky minerality providing linear structure. The mouthfeel is intense and yet seamless and balanced.

The Southern Valleys is a sub region within Marlborough where the climate is cooler and drier. With its mix of high mineral Greywacke rock and old low fertility Loess clay soils, the Southern Valleys is regarded for its riper styles of wine with more structure, texture and minerality.

The fruit is hand-picked, hand sorted then whole bunch pressed. A proportion of juice is fermented on skins. Fermentation begins naturally (without inoculation) the juice is fermented in French oak vessels. After fermentation the wine is aged in French oak barrels on yeast lees for 10 months