Auntsfield Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc

Product Description

The story of Auntsfield goes way back to 1842, when Rev Charles Saxton obtained the original land grant from The New Zealand Company. He is likely to have had some serious help in gaining the rights, as his brother in law, was Joseph Somes, the Governor of The New Zealand Company. However, Saxton was never to set foot onto his Marlborough station. Hidden in the heart of this youthful Marlborough grape country, there is a small wine cellar, set in the side of a hill. Nothing unusual in that you may think. There are now a few cellars around the province. However this cellar has something no other does. With four massive gum trees standing sentinel, the rammed earth cellar, with dirt floor and Manuka log roof, is an impressive reminder that winemaking in Marlborough does in fact have a proud past. This cellar was the first of its kind to be built in Marlborough in 1873. It was another 100 years before the first of the new era vines where planted in the region. Sited at Auntsfield Vineyard, the old cellar has been lovingly restored to its historical glory. For current owners, the Cowley family, the cellar is the first in a long journey to restore a very special part of this region’s history.

Vibrant light lemon in colour. Intense ripe aromas of passionfruit, peach skin, and feijoa with citrusy notes of grapefruit, lemon, lemongrass and floral citrus blossom. Powerful, tight and elegant. This wine displays intense ripe fruit flavours of passionfruit seed and white peach, with citrus notes of lime and mandarin pith. The palate has generous weight and texture, balanced by an underlying minerality and tight structure to reveal a wine with lively tension and textural balance.