2024 Seaview Ridge ’Bull Swamp’ Sauvignon Blanc

WINEMAKER: Simon Jones and Charles O’Brien
REGION: Gippsland, VIC
VARIETY: Sauvignon Blanc
VITICULTURE: Organic (Not Certified)

From the powerful old vines of Sauvignon in the richest soil of the Bull Swamp vineyard, this is a powerful wine. A warm dry year in a usually wet, cold place allowed us to let these grapes hang out for a long time without a hint of botrytis. We harvested clean, ripe fruit at the end of March as the weather cooled. The resulting wine is beautifully resolved with rich, concentrated fruit framed by a faint phenolic spice and lemon curd acidity. The high iron content in the soil here lends a crystalline minerality to the whites, something we’ve always appreciated in the wines of our friends and are pleased to witness in the Sauvignon in both warm and cool vintages.