Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2025
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Xavier Bizot’s Crayere’s Vineyard in the terra-rossa and limestone country of South Australia’s Wrattonbully region has been a beloved source of the expat French man’s (now SA based) unique expression of Sauvignon Blanc for 17 years, this vintage indicative of the slow ripening the variety is allowed in the cooler south-east corner of the state. Note the 13.9% abv reading as evidence of the level of ripeness and resulting flavour, with a persimmon like note to the fruit, a seasoning of Middle Eastern spices, and quite a savoury, almost chicken tagine like flavour in the palate with plenty of pepper to boot, lengthening the finish an offsetting an underlying pithy acidity. Complex and always an interesting and compelling vinous example of the variety.
Tony is best known for his 10 years as News Corp’s National Wine Writer, with weekly columns in major metropolitan mastheads throughout Australia including The Adelaide Advertiser, The Sydney Daily Telegraph and the Melbourne Herald Sun. He continues to write feature articles and columns for all the major Australian wine media publications. Tony has also worked as a restaurant reviewer, section editor, book editor, digital content provider, journalism teacher and was named Wine Communicators of Australia 2018 Legend of the Vine (SA). Find out more about Tony at tonylove.com.au
