Giesen The Brothers Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2008

 

 

TASTING NOTES

The bouquet is lifted, ripe and pure. A lovely blend of capsicum and slightly ‘off-clean’ pungent box tree aroma combined with aromas in the greener spectrum of citrus, nettles and dry cut grass.

The palate has considerable power and a juicy fruit weight provide a succulent palate with an elegant structure leading to a finish with loads of clarity and purity.

 

WINEMAKING NOTES

2008 saw the best fruit in excellent condition and picked with the optimum flavour profile. The Brothers 2008 Sauvignon Blanc is a blend of wine from 4 vineyards in Rapaura, Mathews Lane and at Dillon’s Point. The Rapaura blocks contribute intense capsicum and pungent box tree aromas and a juicy weight to the palate. The other blocks contribute lifted citrus and nettle aromas and a linear structure to the palate. In the winery only premium free-run juice was used and inoculated with selected yeast for fermentation over 3 weeks at 12 to 15?C. Most of the components for this blend remained on yeast lees for approx. 5 months after fermentation to add more dimension to the aroma and depth to the palate before blending and filtration then bottling in October 2008

 

WINEMAKING DATA

Harvested: 25 March to 11 April	Aging Potential: 5 years
Brix at harvest: 20.8 to 23º	Alcohol: 13.5%
Total Acidity at harvest: 8.1 to 10.4 g/L	TA in wine: 6.95 g/L
pH at harvest: 3.06 to 3.25	pH in wine:3.36

Winemaker

Andrew Blake