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Lawson's Dry Hills 'The Pioneer' Sauvignon Blanc

Lawson's Dry Hills 'The Pioneer' Sauvignon Blanc 2009

New Zealand

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£13.55
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Product details

  • Variety

    Sauvignon Blanc
  • This wine has a wonderfully complex array of aromatic characters. Passionfruit and tropical fruits are immediately obvious but as the wine opens up in the glass honeysuckle, lemon peel and gooseberry become evident. Passionfruit, lemon sherbet and blossom flavours are matched with very crisp acidity and great concentration. The barrel and malolactic fermentation components show as subtle oatmeal notes and gives the palate complexity and breadth.

  • Alcohol

    13

  • Bottle

    75

  • Style

    Crisp, Refreshing, Dry White

Press ReviewPress

Lawson's Dry Hills 'The Pioneer' Sauvignon Blanc 2009 is a more complex and concentrated Kiwi Sauvignon than some, primarily down to the malolactic fermentation. It’s initially a rich tropical example but the lemon sherbert and passionfruit richness are tempered by a crisp acidity.

Neil SowerbyManchester Confidential, January 2012

Winemaking

The grapes are crushed and destemmed before gentle membrane pressing. Free run cut taken at 650lts per tonne. The Woodward component (85% of blend) was stainless steel tank fermented at cool temperature with selected aromatic yeast while the Chaytors Rd portion was fermented in old French barriques. The wine spends three months contact with the light lees.


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