Knappstein TK Sauvignon Blanc
$1999each
$239DOZEN
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Fruit Sauvignon Blanc
Regions Adelaide Hills
  South Australia
Each $19.99
$239.00
Currently out of stock
A Sauvignon Blanc of magnificent pungent passionfruity characters, refreshingly citrus in nature with a subtle herbaceous note. The palate displays intense passionfruit and tropical fruits, persistent mineral flavours which are balanced out by a refreshing acidity. Sauvignon Blanc fruit was sourced from outside the Knappstein vineyard at Lenswood, with the balance sourced from nearby Oakbank, so the wine carries the Adelaide Hills appellation. An impeccable table white crafted with minimal intervention to preserve purity of fruit expression.
The Sauvignon Blanc is grown on superior terrain, quite affable to the vines, the naturally protective microclimate and terroir helps retain natural acid and fresher fruit character. The fruit from all Sauvignon Blanc blocks was made into separate wines, all were cold fermented between fourteen to eighteen days under tank to preserve the delicate flavours and aromas, the juice eventually settled to high clarity. After Fermentation the wine is racked off yeast followed by a light filtering prior to the blending stage. For the final cuvee, a careful selection was made from the base wines, and a touch of Semillon was added to give palate weight and complexity. The finished wine was cold stabilised before bottling.
TASTING NOTES
A bright, vibrant wine full of regionality and tell-tale minerally nature that speaks of it's locale, a simply delicious wine that offers good ripe grapefruit characters and hints of cranberry, there's passionfruit, and a whiff of grassiness. It's wonderfully racey with pungent green vegetable and sweet tropical fruit, steely with minerals, brightly focused with sharp happy flavours and exceptionally long. The wine shows great intensity and length due to the cool, slow ripening and low crop, with abundant gooseberry and snow pea characters and riper hints of passionfruit and melon, both on the nose and in the lingering flavours. Everything comes together, it's a forward drinking wine best enjoyed early for its fresh fruit character.
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More About Knappstein Winery
Knappstein is one of the most recognisable and popular Clare Valley wineries
Knappstein are a small producer of premium quality wines, who manage their own vineyards. Redeveloped around the historic Enterprise Brewery building at the heart of Clare township, and deeply connected to the community and cultural life of Clare. The Knappstein name has been involved in the wine business in Clare since 1895. The winery was originally founded by Tim Knappstein as Enterprise Wines, a name utilised for the premium Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard and thus honouring the Knappstein heritage as early winemakers connected with Clare for well over 100 years. Knappstein»