Vineyards
Situated on the Teakle property in Port Lincoln, 2 km from the foreshore, with 150 meters elevation. The soils are a rich combination of sandy loam topsoil overlying a friable red-brown clay loam subsoil. The moderately warm summer temperatures and maritime breeze allow perfect ripening conditions in the vineyard. The long sunshine-hour days encourage even ripening of the grapes, while the gentle breeze helps cool the bunches, retaining the beautiful natural acidity.
Vintage
The 2025 growing season yielded lower than average spring and summer rainfall across all of South Australia. This resulted in generally lower yields and a much earlier start to vintage than normal. The Sauvignon Blanc was harvested on the 11th February 2025. The fruit was picked in the very early hours of the morning, while the it is still cold from overnight low ambient temperatures, ensuring they are delivered cool and fresh to the winery which naturally helps preservation from oxidation.
Winemaking
The juice was cold settled for 10 days before being racked off of grape ‘solids’, warmed, inoculated with a neutral dry wine yeast and alcoholic fermentation commenced. A long and cool alcohol fermentation lasted 14 days.
The wine was once again settled, stabilised, clarified and filtered before being bottled in early May 2025.
Tasting Notes
The 2025 Sauvignon Blanc has incredibly lifted aromas of freshly cut grass, tropical fruits and ripe passionfruit. The palate is intense and fresh, with green apple, guava and a long dry finish. This wine is delicious as a young and fresh wine, but short term cellaring will add to its complexity.
Vegan friendly