Stoneleigh Sauvignon Blanc 2021

This wine displays vibrant and punchy aromatics of passionfruit and fresh citrus with a highlights of tropical stone fruits. The palate is fresh and energetic, with good intensity. This wine demonstrates mouth-watering acidity and minerality to provide and lingering finish.

Stoneleigh Sauvignon Blanc 2020

The unique terroir, where the Stoneleigh vineyards lie, defines the wine’s independent qualities. Located on the northern side of the Wairau valley in close proximity to Marlborough’s main river, the Wairau. The vines are located on deep, infertile gravel beds covered in smooth ‘sunstones’. The soils are characterized as young soils, based on river silts and stones. They tend to be low in nutrients and have poor water-holding capacity. A key feature is these sunstones and the unique stony riverbed soil structure, that are renowned for delivering Stoneleigh wines their quality and flavor.

The grapes were 100% machine harvested using Pellenc fruit sorter which allows us to destem the grapes in the vineyard immediately after picking them. Once arriving at the winery, they are crushed and gently bag pressed off to achieve fresh and elegant juice. The juice was then promptly clarified to fermentation tank where it 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 all components are evaluated and blended to make this expressive Stoneleigh Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. During blending, we loved the added complexity of components that were fermented in large format oak these various components at 5% provided our blend with bright aromatics while offering a lovely body and texture to the mid-palate.