Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Marlborough Albariño 2022

Description

• Dry style
• Yellow plum
• Sea spray
• Bright acidity

"This is a delicious wine with aromas and flavours that mirror the first home of Albarino in Spain  - there’s a lifted floral and sea air quality to the bouquet leading to fruit scents of white peach and citrus. There’s a touch of elderflower and white fruit spices. On the palate a dry wine with a refreshing electricity to the acid line. Flavours transition from a satin smooth white fleshed stone fruits through to citrus. A fine lees quality layers in some palate texture alongside the acidity and fruit core. Balanced and well made, ready to drink from 2023 through 2026" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Mar 2023

Showcasing layers of ripe yellow plum, lifted lime blossom and sea spray. The palate is lively with bright acidity and lingering minerality. Drink now or cellar 2-4 years.

Vintage 2022 was an exciting classic Marlborough harvest. A warm Spring secured good fruit set throughout the region. Some challenging weather in February was rewarded with clear warm days throughout harvest. The cool crisp nights and warm days in March retained vibrant acidity while allowing flavours to develop fully. A slow and steady ripening resulted in beautifully intense and structured wines. The resulting wine is showing the wonderful hallmarks that our Marlborough vineyards are known for – highly concentrated fruit flavours, with underlying purity and minerality

Their Seaview Vineyard in the Awatere Valley is exposed to some of the toughest growing conditions in Marlborough; high sunshine and wind, cool nights and low rainfall which produces a smaller, thicker skinned berry with intense fruit flavours. The Albariño vines were planted in 2019 atop the Seaview cliffs on a north facing slope. The soil is predominantly windblown loess, bringing mineral characteristics to this wine.

A cool fermentation utilising a yeast designed to heighten the aromatics and provide mouthfeel were used in this wine. After fermentation, the wine was racked off lees, stabilised and filtered prior to bottling.

Food Pairing: Grilled fish with fresh tomato salad or fish and chips.