Giesen Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2009

Pale yellow colour. The bouquet is fresh with aromas of pawpaw, fresh citrus and lime juice with a distinctive herbal note. The palate has intense tropical fruit flavours combined with classic nettle and gooseberry flavours on a medium bodied, textural palate. Focused acidity provides length to a refreshing zesty fruit finish.


The 2009 vintage was ideal in Marlborough with great growing conditions through late 2008 and into January 2009 before a prolonged dose of rain in February created a few nerves. From March through till the end of April we were treated to an Indian summer with near perfect conditions for fruit maturation and flavour development. Individual vineyards were closely monitored with picking decisions based on flavour spectrum in addition to monitoring acid decrease as the fruit ripened. We tried to identify the ‘harvest window’ for each vineyard – that 1 or 2 days when fruit flavours were peaking.


WINEMAKING DATA:

Harvested: 30 March to 20 April
Aging: Best within 2 years
Brix at harvest: 21.5º average
Alcohol: 13 %
Total Acidity at harvest: 9.4g/L average
TA in wine: 7.8 g/L
pH at harvest:3.29 average
pH in wine:3.28


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