Cape Mentelle Wallcliffe Sauvignon Blanc 2022
- 92
- $49
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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Larger than life, Wallcliffe helped redefine Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc, zeroing in on a herbal intensity and a super ripe and powerful expression of fruit. That strong individuality is on display in the 2022 Wallcliffe as it embraces cut grass, nettles, snow pea and gooseberry intensity in tandem with citrus, passionfruit, jasmine and lantana. In other words, upfront leafy, herbal notes work well against a background deep in citrus and summer florals. The palate brings a real sense of tension – another strong feature of fruit off the Wallcliffe Vineyard – with brisk, zesty acidity. One tightly formed, impressive Sauvignon Blanc that runs smooth and long. Classy.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
