D’Arenberg Broken Fishplate Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc, the team partially fermented a small percentage of the grapes in older French oak in order to add to the texture and complexity. The name refers to part of the machinery used in the vineyards, which looks like a plate and is regularly broken during operations. While it has nothing to do with fish or seafood of any kind, the wine would certainly work with oysters or fresh prawns or pretty much anything one might drag from the ocean. A near transparent lemon, this is a lovely mix of the tropical, floral and saline. Notes of passionfruits and sea breezes are to the fore, with hints of citrus. There is good concentration here in this wine of medium length. A fresh style, this is no shrinking violet with flavours exploding from the glass. Bright and attractive drinking for the next two to three years.