Author: Campbell Mattinson
Source: winefront.com.au
Review Date: November 29 2017
Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2016
It’s from a close-planted vineyard at Wrattonbully and it goes into 600 litre oak, 25% new. This is the Crayères Vineyard release, as opposed to the Down To Earth and Crayères Vineyard Reserve releases.
It’s soft and slinky, no doubt oak aided, with a tonne of fruit flavour to go with it. This is a wine to make violets shrink. It’s viscous, loaded with cedar and honey-like flavours, minty, and bursting with tropical fruit. Acidity, barley- and lemongrass-infused, slashes through the finish but it draws the fruit (and oak) with it. Everything pulls together here. The oak is obvious, certainly, but it’s an excellent example of its style.
Rated : 92 Points
Alcohol : 13.9%
Price : $30
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2017-20
