Settlement Sauvignon Blanc 2024 domaine-theulot-juillot leading to a compressed harvest

leading to a compressed harvest - with the whole valley picked in the space of 3 weeks (where it normally spreads across 6 weeks)

notes of toasty French oak add complexity to flavours of dark chocolate and stewed cherries

dark earthy/cacao complexity typical of great Merlot

liquorice and smoke

35 % Grenache Blanc

Settlement Sauvignon Blanc 2024 domaine-theulot-juillot leading to a compressed harvestThe Heritage vineyard was planted in 1990 (now 30 years old) with UDD1 MS clone of Sauvignon Blanc in the Southern end of the Wairau Valley. The soil profile of the vineyard is a free draining silty clay loam over a clay subsoil, created by historical flooding of the Wairau across the valley floor. Whole bunch pressed to tank. The majority of the wine was fermented in tank with 15% fermented separately in French Oak.