Taylors Estate

Sauvignon Blanc 2017

Stylish, fresh new look on the outside.....deliciously crisp with flavours of fresh passionfruit. green apple and gooseberry on the inside.

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Wine details

Tasting Notes

At release the wine is a very pale straw with a green edged hue.

The wine is distinctly Adelaide Hills with tropical aromas of passionfruit and guava with a hint of freshly cut grass.

This wine has a crisp and zippy palate with regional varietal flavours of tropical fruit up front and then gooseberry and some herbaceousness across the mid-palate. There is a naturally delicate, cleansing acidity to the wine with a soft, persistent finish.
Vinification

The fruit for this wine was sourced from our long-term grower partners situated in Woodside and Birdwood in the Adelaide Hills. The grapes were harvested at night and quickly transferred to our winery where they were separated into two parcels. The first was de-stemmed and then pressed whilst the second were transferred straight into the press as whole berries. Both parcels were cold soaked on skins in the presses for a day to increase precursor flavour extraction. Fermentation was carried out in stainless steel using a strain of yeast to highlight the varietal character. After minimal fining and filtration, the wine was bottled in August 2017.
Vineyard

Adelaide Hills
Technical details
- Acid: 6.52
- Alc %: 13.0
- PH: 3.20
- Residual Sugar: 1.25
Cellaring Notes

This wine should be enjoyed whilst young and fresh.

Colour At release the wine is a very pale straw with a green edged hue.

NoseThe wine is distinctly Adelaide Hills with tropical aromas of passionfruit and guava with a hint of freshly cut grass.

PalateThis wine has a crisp and zippy palate with regional varietal flavours of tropical fruit up front and then gooseberry and some herbaceousness across the mid-palate. There is a naturally delicate, cleansing acidity to the wine with a soft, persistent finish.

The fruit for this wine was sourced from our long-term grower partners situated in Woodside and Birdwood in the Adelaide Hills. The grapes were harvested at night and quickly transferred to our winery where they were separated into two parcels. The first was de-stemmed and then pressed whilst the second were transferred straight into the press as whole berries. Both parcels were cold soaked on skins in the presses for a day to increase precursor flavour extraction. Fermentation was carried out in stainless steel using a strain of yeast to highlight the varietal character. After minimal fining and filtration, the wine was bottled in August 2017.

Adelaide Hills