Region:  Adelaide Hills

Vintage Conditions: 2008 was a very difficult vintage Australia wide as it  was one of the warmest and driest on record with 8 consecutive days in SA exceeding 38º C. This hastened ripening and meant a very short time frame for picking fruit at optimal ripeness. Our Adelaide Hills vineyards  triumphed, giving Sauvignon Blanc fruit with excellent varietal character and balanced acidity.

Technical information:  Sourced from Norm Doole's “Home Block” and the Hockley vineyard in the cooler Adelaide Hills. Picked and crushed within two hours, only free run juice was used using two separate yeasts Vin 7 and QA 23 for fermentation.The wine was then racked, cold stablised and filtered before bottling in July 2008.

Analysis:  Alcohol: 13.5%  TA:7.28 g/L  pH:3.15 Res.Sugar 6.0 g/L

Tasting Notes: Pale almost water-white colour. The nose is very lifted, with some grassiness and passionfruit characters that flow through onto the zesty, lingering, mouth filling palate and refreshing, crisp finish.  

Winemaker:  Brian Light