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Yealands Way Sauvignon Blanc 2010
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The Yealands Way Sauvignon Blanc 2010 is brimming with notes of stone fruit, guava and underlined with blackcurrant and wet stone. The palate is full and structured with a long mineral finish. Enjoy with both fresh and cooked seafood dishes such as oysters, prawns, green lip mussels and fish.
The 2010 vintage started slowly with unseasonably cool spring weather through to December, where we experienced a late cool flowering. Over February, March and April we enjoyed the fantastic dry weather patterns Marlborough is renowned for, with warm days and cool nights enhancing the grapes natural flavours. Overall the season produced outstanding wines brimming with varietal flavour, structure and intensity.
The wine for Yealands Way Sauvignon Blanc is produced from 13 different blocks on Seaview Vineyard. The Seaview Vineyard 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 rolling contours of the vineyard result in significant variation (smaller, more intensely flavoured fruit on the ridges, balanced by lush growth in the gullies).
The parcels selected for Yealands Way Sauvignon Blanc 2010 were machine harvested individually over a period of 10 days. The fruit was then crushed, de-stemmed and pressed gently prior to cold settling for 72 hours. The clear juice was then racked off and each parcel was fermented separately using a range of selected yeasts. A long cool fermentation in stainless steel tanks followed to capture and enhance the fruit flavours of currant, herb and guava. The 13 parcels were blended, fined lightly and filtered prior to bottling.
At the heart of Yealands Estate is the determined spirit and unconventional thinking of founder and principal Peter Yealands. Happiest with his sleeves rolled up, out working the land, Peter turned the steeply sloped hills (many said were just too rugged for viticulture) into some of the first terraced vineyard in the country. That same ‘can do’ attitude drove the construction of a world class winery linking excellence in environmental design with state of the art technology and underpins our ambition to become a world leader in sustainable wine production.
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WBW Rating: 93/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Marlborough NZ |
Winemaker: Tamra Washington
Drink now until: 2015
Alc/Vol: 13 %
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