Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2022
- 95
- $50
- Drink by: 2023-2028
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Classic green herb and pea shoot aromas mix with honeysuckle, lemongrass and citrus. And is that ginger hiding in the background? Yes, it is. The extra, discreet lick of fresh-cut ginger adds a little something special to this sophisticated young Sauvignon Blanc. In keeping with the Terre à Terre style, the juice was fermented in seasoned 600 litre French oak demi-muids and left on lees for eight months. The result is a complex array of flavours, not to mention a middle palate textural warmth. Bright acid entry with apple, grapefruit, dill, sage, herbals and green tea usher in a well-judged Sauvignon enhanced by ginger, spice notes and a touch of oak-derived nougat nuttiness. Ample in flavour, bright in acidity and silky in texture.
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.
