2022 Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
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The 2022 Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc is the Fourteenth release of this Australian classic. The fruit is hand harvested from our close spaced Crayères Vineyard and whole bunch pressed before being fermented in large old oak demi-muids (600L). The 2022 vintage was marginally warmer than average, but also later than average, due to a cooler start of the season.
Our Sauvignon Blanc was hand-picked at perfect flavour ripeness on the 8th of March 2022. The fruit was chilled for two days before whole-bunch pressed. After three weeks coldsettling in a stainless-steel tank, the juice was fermented in eight old 600L French oak demimuids (Vosges and Allier). The wine was then aged in demi-muids for eight months on full lees with no bâtonnage, then racked to stainless steel and left to settle for a month before being bottled late 2022.
The Crayères vineyard is located at the top of a north-south limestone ridge in Wrattonbully, one of Australia’s most exciting regions. This vineyard has been baptised the Crayères Vineyard after the chalk cellars in Xavier’s region of birth in Champagne, France because of the natural limestone caves found underneath the vineyard. The clay rich Terra Rossa top-soil, characteristic of the area, promotes nutrient uptake while the underlying limestone is a reserve of moisture for the vines. The Sauvignon Blanc was planted on rootstocks in 2004 using the F4V6 and H5V10 “Australian” clones on 101-14 rootstocks, at a relatively high density for the area (4,444 vines per hectare with 1.5m wide rows), which means more km2 of canopy per hectare, and better fruit exposure.The fruiting wire is only 50cm above ground which provides extra ripeness for the vines in this cool climate region. The fruit from the western part of the vineyard is retained for our Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc.
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- “One of the most interesting sauvignons blanc releases in Australia.”- Winsor Dobbin | WinsorsChoice.blogspot.com
- “Very good mid-weighted savvy.” 93 points – Ned Goodwin MW | JamesSuckling.com
- “A layered and textured palate which carries long.” 94 points – Regan Drew | Vino Notebook
- “This might be the best Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc yet.” 93 points – Andrew Graham | Oz Wine Review
- “Lovely wine that will flower over the next decade.” 94 points – Angus Hughson | Wine Pilot
- “The most lauded Sauvignon Blanc in the country” 95 points – Patrick Eckel | Wine Reviewer
- “A reserved wine which will richly reward a little cellar time.” 93 points – Huon Hooke | The Real Review
- “Long, layered and quite sophisticated.” 92 points – Aaron Brasher | The Real Review
- “Fantastic wine.” 95 points – Halliday Wine Companion
- “Textured, refreshing, flavoursome and complete.” 95 points – Campbell Mattinson | The Wine Front
