Framingham F Series Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Framingham F Series Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Region: Marlborough, New Zealand

Vintage: 2023

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Sauvignon Blanc

ABV: 13%

An expressive, bold Sauvignon Blanc with ripe lemon, grapefruit and orange citrus aromas and underlying notes of subtle oak. The palate is creamy and textural, full of citrus fruit and complexity.

The grapes used in the F-Series Sauvignon Blanc were picked from three parcels of organically grown vines surrounding the Wairau Valley. The soils here are old riverbed deposits, composed of greywacke pebbles (a dark coloured sandstone with a high proportion of quartz and feldspar), alluvial gravels and silt.

The grapes were hand-harvested. 90% were then whole bunch pressed, and the remaining 10% de-stemmed and fermented on the skins. The ferments occurred spontaneously with indigenous yeast in a mixture of 500 litre seasoned French oak and acacia barrels and concrete eggs. The wine was stored on gross lees for 10 months before blending and bottling.

Based in Marlborough, Framingham is home to some of the oldest Riesling vines in the region, with their first plantings dating back to 1981. Though still focused on Riesling, they now produce a range of wines from their 19.5-hectare estate vineyard, certified organic in 2014, alongside other carefully selected sites across Marlborough. Their reputation is such, that Jancis Robinson has described Framingham as “one of the finest producers of Riesling, both in and outside Germany”

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