Lake Chalice The Raptor Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Description

Dry, Pineapple, Pomegranate

"A bouquet of complexity and richness, some concentration  and pizzaz. There’s also many classic scents of passionfruit and pineapple, lemon and grapefruit then fresh sage and some basil highlights. Crisp, salivating and dry with the concentration and style that the bouquet suggests. Delicious and fresh, immediately enjoyable with persistent flavours and expression. best drinking from 2024 through 2028+. Excellent value" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Dec 2023

"Bright, pale yellow, even colour throughout. The nose is softly full, packed with aromas of whitecurrant, lime, passionfruit, capsicum and green herbs. Medium-bodied, aromas of whitecurrant entwined with lime, grapefruit, passionfruit, unfolding chervil, capsicum and lime blossom. The fine-textured phenolics provide substance for the palate, and lively acidity carries the citrus core and lingers to a long, crisp finish" Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, Dec 2023

A limited release expression consisting of small parcels of fruit from Dillons Point in Marlborough. This Sauvignon Blanc is a rich and elegant wine, showing impressive weight and complexity. Generous and full, layered with crunchy greens, mango, passionfruit and pomegranate, this wine is also underpinned by salt and mineral notes with a concentrated long finish. Enjoy now and over the next 5 years. But we won’t judge you if you open it the second you get it home. As long as it’s still chilled.

The grapes were machine harvested in the cool of the evening and carefully fermented at low temperatures to retain the freshness of the fruit.