2024 Estate Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
$45.00 / bottle
Bouquet: Complex aromas of gooseberry and bright passionfruit primary characters with hints of toast and kaffir lime leaf.
Palate: Juicy natural acidity brings a chalky texture, with vibrant grapefruit and lime flavours. Subtle oak adds complexity, structure, and weight.
Previous Vintage Accolades:
- 94 Points – Ned Goodwin, Halliday’s Wine Companion
- 93 Points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
- 2021 – 95 Points – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
- 2020 – 95 Points – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
- 2020 – 94 Points – The Wine Companion
- 2020 – 92 Points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Specifications
Vineyard LocationVineyard Location
Nestled within the Hahndorf estate, our single vineyard parcel boasts a unique terroir for the Estate Sauvignon Blanc Semillon. With two separate blocks on the estate, the Sauvignon Blanc thrives on a gentle north-facing ridge, while the Semillon graces a steeper yet uniformly south-facing aspect. The lean soils contribute to low vine vigour, yielding small, compact, and intensely flavoured bunches. Handpicked on 4th and 7th March 2024 these distinct blocks converge to create a wine that encapsulates the essence of our estate.
Season
2024 delivered a cool, even growing season that yielded wines with intense yet delicate flavours and vibrant colours. February and March saw an absence of rainfall, coupled with low crop yields and warmer temperatures, which led to an unusually fast-paced harvest.
Vinification
100% Handpicked in the cool morning, the grapes were whole-bunch pressed for pure free-run juice. Fermented in barrels with cultured yeast, the wine aged on lees for 7 months with regular stirring to enhance texture. Blind tastings determined a blend of 75% Sauvignon Blanc and 25% Semillon, with 15% new oak.
Technical
Clone: F4V6 | Old Madeira • Alcohol: 12.7% • Residual Sugar: 0 g/L • Total Acidity: 8.8 g/L • pH: 3.05 • Altitude: 417m • Slope: South and North-facing • Vegan: Yes • Contains sulphites
Grape Variety
75% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Semillon
Food Match
Pan-fried scallops or lobster
Production
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Winemaker
The Lane Vineyard
Best Drinking
Cellar up to 15 years
Size
750ml
"While Margaret River vignerons may have pioneered this traditional Bordeaux white blend in Australia, there is something to be said about the style produced in the Adelaide Hills. Super pungent and zippy, it speaks of its cool climate home and the kind of kinetic energy and immediate drinkability produced when these two grape varieties meet. Blackcurrant leaf, fresh shelled peas, green bean, citrus and cut grass aromas. Fresh, bright acidity plays a bit of a starring role here, gets the gastric juices working hard. The focus on the palate is on citrus, lime skin, lantana florals and herbals with a kind of Riesling-like citrus vibrancy in the glass."
- Jeni Port
Spends six months in 10% new French oak barrels. Attractive scents of tropical fruits, strong fennel whiffs, a touch of nougat, white pepper too. Lovely. The palate is supple, flows beautifully, cool stone fruits meet faint passionfruit flavours with more nougat and white pepper, and that riff of fennel shifts into anise and piquancy very pleasingly. This has complexity and class on its side. Very lovely drinking.
- Mike Bennie, Wine Companion
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