Sandstone Sauvignon Blanc 2021 Case
R2184,00
A full-bodied, elegant, and beautifully balanced wine. Floral notes of passionflower, honeysuckle, and soft vanilla combine with yellow stonefruit and pear on the palate along with an underlying minerality, imparting its signature style. A rounded mouthfeel and creaminess with a textured finish. A true expression of this unique terroir.
100% Sauvignon Blanc
W.O. Elgin
Elgin Vintners, established in 2003, farms 45 hectares of vineyards in the cool-climate Elgin Valley. Our main cultivars are Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. We also have Merlot and Syrah. We practise sustainability in business, vineyards, and our people. Our wines continually receive numerous high-profile globally-renowned accolades and outstanding reviews from reputable wine critics. Elgin Vintners crafts wines of exceptional poise, finesse, and elegance.
Elgin is South Africa’s coolest wine region. Cooler climates keep grape clusters connected to their roots for longer. Consequently, they develop more characteristics and achieve physiological ripeness more gradually, with lower sugar levels and, therefore, lower alcohols. The resultant wines convey delicacy, yet also show power and persistence, unlike warmer-climate examples, which display bolder but less lasting flavours.
Elgin vineyards sit at 305 m, the fourth highest in South Africa. The cold Atlantic lies close; this has a profound influence on day/night temperatures and prevailing south-easterly winds. The South-Easter brings a cooling respite to the vineyards but also drives in extensive cloud cover that the mountains trap over the region. This, in turn, blocks out sunlight, reduces temperatures and slows the ripening of the grapes. In extreme cases, about four or five times yearly, the wind is strong enough and the clouds thick enough to enable precipitation known locally as a Black South-Easter. This dumps quite large amounts of rain throughout the day.
On calmer, warmer days, cool coastal breezes move in from the sea as the warmed land air begins to rise. This quickly lowers afternoon and night temperatures and helps maintain grape acidity levels. The ripening period of the grapes on the vine lengthens, resulting in natural balance and complex, powerful flavours.
We tuck growing shoots between the wires frequently. Suckering takes place twice during the growing season, in early November and January. This Sauvignon blanc vineyard has a huge canopy that ensures dappled sunlight in the bunch zones which ensures the preservation of all the grape-derived aroma precursors. Two clones 316 and 317 were used for this wine.
Naturally fermented in 500L French oak barrels with extended lees contact delivers a wine with complexity, finesse, and elegance. A Sauvignon blanc true to this unique cool-climate terroir. Made in an oxidative style and fermented in 500L French oak barrels to add richness and additional complexity. The wine was given extended less contact with occasional bâtonnage, to contribute further to the rounder mouthfeel and creaminess of this elegantly textured wine. The wine was aged for nine months. The bracing acidity that is customary in New World Sauvignon Blancs and Elgin Valley, has been brought into balance with a carefully chosen pick date and the barrel fermentation, creating a full-bodied, balanced wine.
Try lemon-herbed chicken, grilled fish with mango salsa, caprese salad (mozzarella, ripe heirloom tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, and fresh basil), mushroom and goat cheese tart or seafood pasta.
Concours Mondial du Sauvignon: Gold award
Alcohol: 13.5% Residual Sugar: 1.3 Total Acid: 7.2 pH: 3.18
