Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc Private Bin

Description

WINEMAKERS COMMENT This crisp and vibrant wine has aromas of fresh snow peas, zesty limes and freshly picked herbs such as thyme and sage. On the palate, juicy acidity is balanced with flavours of melon, passionfruit and ruby grapefruit, capturing the essence of Marlborough.SERVING SUGGESTIONS This Sauvignon Blanc is perfect with any seafood, especially freshly steamed mussels.VINEYARD & WINEMAKING The climate in Marlborough has high sunshine hours, but temperatures during the growing season are regulated by the cooling ocean influence. Vintage 2015 will be remembered as one of the strong years due to a great summer and modest crop levels. With very low rainfall going back to winter 2014 and a cool spring, but with timely rainfall at the beginning of harvest giving the vines the lift they needed to push the fruit through to perfect ripeness.YEAST Selected aromatic strainsFERMENTATION Cool, slow fermentation in stainless steel tanks to retain distinctive regional and varietal characteristicsREGION Wairau and Awatere valleys, Marlborough, New ZealandVINEYARDWarmer vineyard sites in the Wairau Valley contribute richness and riper tropical flavours, whereas cooler Awatere Valley vineyards provide the zingy acid structure and pungent herbal aromatics. – Villa Maria