Wills Domain Mystic Spring Sauvignon Blanc 2022
- 90
- $25
- Drink by: 2022-2023
Share
60% of this wine comes from the estate’s own vineyard in the Yallingup sub-region, with the remaining 40% hailing from further south in Margaret River. A gentle destemming, pressing and cold settling for three days before a cool fermentation over two weeks and a little time on “light fluffy lees” with no oak involved. If the Sem Sauv Blanc blend took the more traditional leaner route, this straight Savvy has gone full throttle exuberant. The wine is trout stream clear, but it just oozes tropical notes – pineapples, passionfruit, guava and more. Lovely ripeness throughout, but it always retains poise and balance with a nice flick of acidity carrying flavours the distance with decent length. This is a ‘take no prisoners’ style of Savvy, which many will adore. One for drinking now.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
