"Bright & pristine" Wine Orbit
Textural & vibrant with generous tropical fruit notes balanced with refreshing acidity
Perfect with light, white meats include crab, calamari or chicken breast
Rock Ferry 3rd Rock Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Rock Ferry 3rd Rock Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020
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Awarded 94/100 Points
Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier
Awarded 93/100 Points & 5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Dec 2020
Awarded 4.5 Stars
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Description
- Dry style
- Grapefruit
- Lemongrass
- Refreshing acidity
"Bright and pristine, this elegant rendition shows grapefruit, green rockmelon, lime sorbet and floral aromas on the nose. It's juicy and mouth-watering on the palate, offering terrific fruit purity combined with fine texture and racy acidity. Certified organic" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Dec 2020
"Fleshy, ripe aromas of mango, apple, lemon and passion fruit. Crisp, salivating and dry on the palate, with more apple and tropical fruits, citrus and stony mineral highlights, plus layers of basil and sage weaving in and out. Balanced and well made with a lovely mouthfeel" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier
This Sauvignon Blanc is textural and vibrant with generous tropical fruit notes that are balanced by notes of grapefruit and lemongrass. Refreshing acidity drives the palate, while added complexity from the cuvee portion enhances the mid palate and combines to give a lengthy finish to the wine.
Their aim in the vineyard is to grow the best fruit they can so it can speak of its home and express its personality. To do this you need healthy vines and soil. By practicing organics and incorporating some biodynamic principles they believe they are doing their best to help achieve this and let their vineyards evolve and speak as they would like.
This wines comes from the SB clones 316/317 and MS , grown on our Corners and Orchard vineyards. The MS clone was machine harvested and immediately pressed . The juice was cold settled for 48 hours and after racking , fermented with aromatic yeast strains to promote the aromatic profile of the grapes. Once the ferment was complete the wine was racked off ferment lees . The 316/317 Clones were hand harvest and the fruit whole bunch pressed . The free run juice from this portion was settled overnight and racked into a seasoned 3800 L oak cuve for indigenous fermentation. The wine was left on full ferment lees for 3 months prior to blending with the above component and bottled.
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