Colour: Light straw with a subtle grassy green hue.
Nose: The nose is salivatingly crisp like a summer salad bursting with punchy tropical fruit and fresh herbs.
Palate: The palate is practically exploding out of the glass it has so much energy bright and refreshing with layers of green pineapple and passionfruit. Tangy citrus notes lead to a photo focused finish and delicious minerality.
Viticulture:
The growing season in Marlborough was dry as a bone in the beginning, giving us fruit with fantastic ripeness early on. This allowed us to harvest heaps of awesome grapes excellent fruit with purity and elegance.
Vinification:
The fruit for this Squealing Pig Sauvignon Blanc was sourced from somewhere you couldn’t find in a taxi vineyards near the Awatere River in Marlborough. The soils are perfect for making tasty grapes composed mainly of loose river gravels which give the wine a distinct minerality. On arrival to the winery, the grapes were crushed, destemmed and cold settled. The juice was then put in a cold, dark place cool fermented in stainless steel with selected yeasts to enhance flavours and aromas. To finish, the wine was blended for perfection two months before bottling.
Cellaring:
This wine is summer in a bottle at its best when young and fresh. Drink straight away early to savour the vibrant aromas and liveliness.
- Alcohol: 13.5%
RS: 3.2g/l
TA: 7.4g/l
pH: 3.15