Lawson's Dry Hills Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020

Description

Dry

• Dry style
• Passionfruit
• Fresh herbs
• Chalky minerality

Pronounced passionfruit together with fresh herbs, fruit salad and floral aromas lead to an intense, fruit-driven palate with a chalky minerality and good concentration. This wine is from the outstanding 2020 vintage and rates highly on the drinkability scale!

From a spread of vineyards encompassing the Southern Valleys, Rapaura, Spring Creek and the Awatere subregions, these blocks are cropped at moderate levels to achieve the perfect balance of ripeness, flavour and acidity. Each was harvested and fermented separately, each bringing their own unique character to the blend.

Picked in the cool of the early morning to help retain the aromatics, the grapes were gently pressed and the juice fermented at cool temperatures in stainless steel tanks. Five percent was fermented in old French barriques with wild yeast, to give added complexity and texture to the finished wine.

Food Pairing: Seafood, shellfish, salads, feta, goat cheese, fresh herbs, Vietnamese-style dishes, garlic prawns, light Thai dishes.