Mission The Gaia Project Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Description

Dry, Lemon, Passionfruit

This single vineyard Sauvignon Blanc is a unique expression of our Blind River vineyard in the Awatere Valley. This windy, coastal site with glacial loess soils yields small crop loads with powerful aromatic intensity. This parcel of fruit received extended skin contact, building structure, body and length into the palate. The wine was fermented with a highly aromatic yeast strain resulting in lime-leaf, nettle, lemongrass and passionfruit characters. Drink now or cellar for up to two years.

The Gaia Project wines are kind on nature and wild on taste. Every aspect of their creation has been carefully considered to offer wine lovers an environmentally conscious choice with great flavour. The Gaia Project wines reflect our sustainability journey so far, from vineyard to glass.

The embodiment of Mother Nature, Earth goddess Gaia, represents Mission’s deep and enduring commitment to our natural world. Seeking to minimise our impact on Earth a little more each day, The Gaia Project unites our many ongoing environmental practices to preserve our Earth for future generations.

Located at the top of the South Island, Marlborough wine region is perfect for producing cool climate styles. Marlborough is one of New Zealand’s sunniest and driest places with a long growing season and strong dirunal temperature varation. This leads to wines with high acidity, fruit driven flavours and intesnse varietal characters.

Glacial loess soils with a proportion of clay particles. Dry, sunny and warm conditions delivering intense and characterful wines. Carefully selected, gently pressed and a long, cool fermentation. The juice was inoculated with a specially developed, aromatic yeast strain to intensify varietal character development. Following fermentation the wine was batch selected for varietal intensity and blended to create a perfectly balanced wine.