Auntsfield 'South Oaks' Sauvignon Blanc 2021

COLOUR: Bright straw

AROMA: Ripe tropical fruit core featuring mango, juicy nectarine and lemon peel. Lifted notes of dry herbs, lime leaf, and gooseberry, supplemented by complex aromas of honeycomb and toasted almond.

PALATE: This wine displays tension and great length. The palate is tight and fresh, supported with a rich and creamy structure and underlying chalky minerality providing linear structure. The mouthfeel is intense and yet seamless and well 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 into small baskets. At the winery it is hand sorted then gently whole bunch pressed, and the juice fermented in French oak barriques (20% new oak). After fermentation the wine is aged in French oak barrels on yeast lees for 10 months.