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Worlds Apart

2024

‘Hope Forest’

Sauvignon Blanc   |   Adelaide Hills - Australia
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About

‘Hope Forest’ is not a location in Westeros but is an overlooked sub-region of the Kuitpo sub-region within the Adelaide Hills. It is the most southerly tip of the Hills sitting atop the Willunga Hill leading into McLaren Vale.  The climate is much cooler than the area immediately north into the Hills and much drier and cooler than the Vale to the south.  Louis adores this area for the lengthy hang time and lower than usual sunshine that often strips Sauvignon Blanc of its Sauvignonness. In 2023, it was a cool year that led to some Botrytis – for that reason, Louis avoided skin contact. In 2024, he’s back to skin contact. Grapes were picked very late and ripened well due to exceptional natural acidity and perfect harvest weather.

The biodynamically farmed Brackenwood Vineyard remains the source for this wine.  The fruit was hand-harvested and pressed to open top fermenters with skins. After 72 hours, the juice was pressed off the skin and was sent back to open-top bins to complete spontaneous fermentation. Once completed, the wine went to netural French oak for six months of aging with a heavy amount of battonage early on for added texture and weight. The wine was then bottled with just a small sulfur addition and sterile filtration. No fining.

Stats

  • Grapes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard: Brackenwood Vineyard (Hope Forest)
  • Vine Age: 23-years-old
  • Soil Type: Ironstone and quartz-riddled clay
  • Viticulture: Practicing organic
  • Fermentation: Native – open-top fermenter
  • Skin Contact: 72 hours
  • Aging: 6 months in neutral French tonneau
  • Alcohol: 14%
  • pH: 3.27
  • Total Acidity: 7.3 g/L
  • Total SO2: 96 ppm
  • Total Production: 168 cases

Tasting Note

Wild Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc with a lightly grippy texture and enhanced weight on the palate. Aromas of lemon balm, ripe nectarines, and basil lead to a herbal palate with cascading apple and pear notes. The extended growing season adds richness and depth, culminating in a vibrant, saline finish.

Press & Reviews

The Wine Front

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"Picked late, 'like Riffault without the allegations', says winemaker Louis Schofield. From Brackenwood (organic farmed) vineyard. A light skin ferment here of a mere but important three days.

Depth of flavour is pretty amazing here. Texture is sublime. Salinity is up and delicious. Lots of ginger, lemongrass, lime going on. Tangy, but pleasingly so. A nice fuzz to texture to let you know what’s what. Refreshing, bright and lingering finish too. Lemony things linger with brine. It’s a delight, though it fair zings across the palate with its herbal thrust. There is a tempering from the texture and concentration of citrus character, though. You’d let this sit in cellar a while too."

- Mike Bennie
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