2023 Vasse Felix Sauvignon Blanc

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Jane Faulkner - Halliday Wine Companion

Yes, there’s a touch of colour, an amber-gold, and appealing chewy phenolics because this is fermented wild in French oak foudres and puncheons, with a portion of skin-contact. This creates all that texture and grip and interest. It’s not a fruity, tropical, boring drink, it’s complex, smokin’ and an excellent food wine. It’s all savoury, and more about the palate with raw quince tannins, dabs of spice, crisp acidity and finishes very dry. Sure, it’s not for everyone, just more for me then.

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Ray Jordan

A different, more complex take on sauvignon blanc. Wild yeast fermented in large French oak foudres and puncheons with full skins contact. Texturally pleasing and complex, with pale golden colour, nutty fruit, and a brioche-like character, yet still retaining crispness. Far beyond the typical variety expression. s

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James Suckling

Such a unique wine. Aromas of passion-fruit curd and rose petals with grapefruit pith, grilled pineapple, guavas and apple blossoms. The textural, rounded palate shows near-powdery tannins, underlying mineral tension and an almost salty, mouthwatering finish. Full-skin fermentation. Excellent.