Personalised Catalina Sounds Sound of White Barrel Sauvignon Blanc 2022 13.5% 750ml

Personalised Catalina Sounds Sound of White Barrel Sauvignon Blanc 2022 13.5% 750ml

Tasting Notes

Aroma
Mellow notes of quince, black current leaf and ripe cantaloupe slowly reveal themselves.

Palate
The palate has such elegance and length, it carries pristine precision. Balanced mid-palate fruit is guided by fine minerality, it gives the impression of being totally seamless

Vinification
Hand-harvested on the 3rd of April, fruit was then gently whole-cluster pressed to tank with only a small addition of sulphur. After 24 hours at an ambient temperature the very cloudy juice is run to 500 L French oak barrels where a completely ‘wild’ or indigenous fermentation is allowed. A slow ferment over several months is monitored and tasted regularly, without stirring or disturbing. The barrels are racked in February and the wine stabilised and lightly filtered, before being bottled in March 2023.

Vintage notes
The 21/22 season is one for the books. Winter rains replenished parched soils and broke a three-year drought. A warm and wet winter continued into spring, bringing lush growth to the vines, and a perfect flowering. January was warm and dry, and dropping excess fruit was necessary to ensure quality fruit. Our Sound of White vineyard in the Waihopai Valley is elevated above sea level, cooler and drier, and the fruit harvested later than other parts of the region. This is uniquely Catalina Sounds.

Food matching
Smoked or grilled fish, salmon rillette and goat cheeses, creamy pasta and pesto dishes.

Cellaring potential
Enjoy from mid-2023 through to 2028.

PH
3.12

Acidity
8.4 g/L