Sauvignon Blanc
2023
Meinert Wines produces a small and personalised range of wines in limited quantities from both the hillside Devon Crest vineyard outside Stellenbosch as well as a number of vineyard sites across the Cape Winelands.
One such wine is our Meinert Sauvignon Blanc sourced from the cool climate region of Elgin, an area also renown for apples and pears. Each wine is created with much thought and care to ensure uniqueness and individual character.
Alcohol 12.47 vol%
Residual sugar 3.4 g/l
Total acidity 5.6 g/l
pH 3.24
After careful selection and hand harvesting, our Sauvignon Blanc fruit from vineyards in Elgin was transported by means of refrigerated truck to our winery and further cooled overnight in our cold room to 5°C.
About a third of the total harvest underwent 12 hours’ skin contact to enhance the development of uniquely ‘green’ Sauvignon Blanc flavours – grassy; crunchy, fresh split peas & asparagus, this component fermented in tank by a selection of yeast strains to enhance complex fruit aromatics of granadilla, guava, peach & Granny Smith apple.
The inclusion of hand-harvested, sun-kissed Semillon bunches, these then whole-bunch pressed and fermented in seasoned French oak barrels add body, texture & a delectable yellow fruit flavour to the overall blend. The wine was bottled in November 2021.
Our Meinert Sauvignon Blanc certainly speaks to the more serious side of Sauvignon Blanc while having enough youthful charm to appease all palates at every occasion.
Whether as the perfect aperitif or accompaniment to a gastronomic experience, our Sauvignon Blanc is most certainly a wine to have in your cellar year-round. Enjoyable in its youth, this wine will further develop under careful cellaring conditions for years to come.
A match with delicate dishes like fresh seafood salads, oysters while having enough chutzpah to pair with richer, spicy dishes – tuna tartare, Wasabi sauce & Meinert Sauvignon Blanc leaving the tastebuds yearning for more.
