Fresh & juicy with green apple
Citrus characters well balanced with fruit sweetness & refreshing acidity
Beautiful with barbequed seafood – especially prawns & summers freshest catch of fish
Hunters Offshoot Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Hunters Offshoot Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Description
- Dry style
- Green apple
- Stonefruit
- Fresh & juicy
A special parcel of fruit from their Bridge block was selected to make this wine. This vineyard shows classic Rapaura characters. Lasting grapefruit and citrus characters dominate the nose. The palate is fresh and juicy with stonefruit and green apple notes that linger on the back palate. Well balanced fruit sweetness with the natural acidity is refreshing and can be enjoyed at any occasion.
The 2020 growing season was one to remember for the amazing weather conditions in Marlborough. During Summer and Autumn they had warm and dry conditions throughout, allowing for clean fruit and an early start to the vintage. These conditions resulted in grapes that was picked with good natural acidity relative to their sugar and flavour ripeness. 2020 will prove to be an exceptional vintage.
Pétillant Naturel (pet nat) translates to naturally sparkling. To achieve carbonation, they bottle the wine while it is still fermenting and close the bottle with a crown seal. The yeast continues to ferment the sugars, producing carbon dioxide that becomes trapped in solution. The wine is cloudy as there is no filtration prior to bottling, kind of like a pale ale beer. The sediment at the bottom of the bottle is the dead yeast cells that settle once the fermentation process has completed. We used Sauvignon Blanc because it is a variety that is full of character, especially when grown in Marlborough. This Pet-Nat provides a little glimpse at the type of wine the Winemakers are used to tasting in the winery, before wines are prepared for bottling.
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