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Auntsfield Estate

2022

Sauvignon Blanc

Marlborough - New Zealand
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About

Compared to the drastically low yields of the year prior induced by cool spring temperatures and frost, 2022 was a year of plenty. Getting back to normal production levels has been a relief for many New Zealand producers given the additional context of Covid restrictions and increased production costs.  Harvest timing was also about two weeks later than the year prior, given cooler early growing season temperatures. Late season rains made harvest logistics a challenge, but the acid levels remained where you want them for zingy Sauv Blanc. All things considered, there are many positives of 2022 – including the 5,000 additional cases Auntsfield was able to make compared to 2021, which means plenty to go around here in the states.

The fruit was hand-harvested during cool evenings and fermented at low temperatures with cultured yeast in stainless steel tanks. After fermentation, half of the wine underwent an extended period of lees contact, adding texture and length. It rested in the tank for 5 months before being bottled with a slight fining, cross-flow filtration, and dose of sulfur.

Stats

  • Grapes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard: Auntsfield Estate
  • Vine Age: Average 20-years-old
  • Soil Type: Loess clay over greywacke rock
  • Viticulture: Sustainable
  • Fermentation: Inoculated with cultured yeast - stainless-steel
  • Skin Contact: None
  • Aging: 5 months (50% saw extended time on lees of two weeks)
  • Alcohol: 13%
  • pH: 3.15
  • Total Acidity: 7.6 g/L
  • Total SO2: 125 ppm
  • Total Production: 15,000 cases
  • UPC: 9421020691206

Tasting Note

Pale straw in color. Lifted and pure aromas of fresh passionfruit, ripe citrus and lime. Notes of dried herbs, lemongrass, jalapeño and blackcurrant add pungency and intensity to the aromatics. The palate is powerful, tight and elegant. This wine displays intense ripe fruit flavors of passionfruit juice and white peach, with citrus notes of lime and mandarin pith. With intense concentration and generous weight, there is a balanced, underlying minerality and tight structure to shape the wine with lively tension.

Press & Reviews

Decanter

90

"From Marlborough's first vineyard and winery, founded in 1873 – 100 years before the first commercial plantings took root. This is an intensely aromatic and concentrated wine, the rich, textural palate loaded with green mango, passionfruit, elderflower and lime leaf notes."

- Tina Gellie

Vinous

90

"The 2022 Sauvignon Blanc Single Vineyard offers up a classic nose of green aromas and tropical fruit, with jalapeno and capsicum flavors residing alongside pineapple candy and passionfruit. The denser soils of the Auntsfield estate compared with say, the alluvial valley floor, give greater weight and texture to the wine, providing more intrigue and interest than the average Marlborough Sauvignon. It is dry, clean and purposeful with a lingering finish. Enjoy when young for its vigor."

- Rebecca Gibb, MW

Wine Enthusiast

90

"Peach, passion fruit and lemon-lime open this ripe, rounded wine, with white blossom and a grassy pungency below. The palate is broad in shape, dry and crunchy, with lovely citrus fruit, texture, length and heaps of refreshment."

- Christina Pickard
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Auntsfield Estate

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Marlborough

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