Xanadu Vinework Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2023

Here is an SBS offering a lot more than your standard pure fruity style. A combination of an excellent vintage and winemaking to capture a different expression, largely as a result of the barrel fermented component, which is evident immediately on the nose and then expressed on the palate. There’s a minerally and slightly savoury character with a lightly toasty influence. But the fruit intensity and vibrancy is superb. Excellent now or in a few years to develop further complexity.