Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Bannockburn Sauvignon Blanc is made from 1 acre of vineyard made up of two small parcels, both planted in 1996 and certified organic in 2021. The clone is F4V6 and the vine spacing is 1.5m. The soil is made up of mixed clay over limestone.

Handpicked fruit was whole bunch pressed, settled over night, and racked to tank for temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel. After fermentation the wine was rested for a 3-month maturation on lees prior to bottling.

The 2024 Sauvignon Blanc offers an exotic and fruit forward nose of stone fruit, passionfruit and grapefruit, with lingering herbaceous and tomato leaf aromas and wet stone notes. The palate is ripe and well balanced, with the concentration and depth of flavour balanced by taut acidity, tension and length. Texture is waxy, crisp and pure.

95 points. Fantastic wine. It’s a bloom of complex flavour. Salted gooseberries, smoked apples, earth, clay, dry spice and hay, with dry grass and herb notes spreading through the aftertaste. No hesitation, this is a ripper. Campbell Mattinson, winefront.com.au.

96 points. Made from two parcels planted in 1996 and certified organic in 2021. A very bright green gold. The polar opposite (in a good way) to much Australian and NZ sauvignon blanc. Subtle aromas of white pear, just-ripened red apples, gooseberry and elderflower precede the palate, which has texture and depth not to mention a fine acid line running throughout. Philip Rich, winecompanion.com.au.

95 points. Aromas of passion fruit, fresh pineapple and and flint on the nose. The palate is light- to medium-bodied and textural with vibrant acidity, giving notes of lemon sherbet, Fuji apples and blueberry bush. Very focused and sophisticated with a minerally finish. Drink or hold. Screw cap. Ryan Montgomery, jamessuckling.com.