Description

Cathedral Cellar Sauvignon Blanc 2022

Vintage conditions:
The run up to vintage was characterised by a good “typical” Cape winter with loads of cold unit accumulation and good rains over days that really did much to replenish
the subsoil water tables and flush built up salts after the year s of drought. The winter ran a little long and delayed budbreak too. Budbreak was even, if a little late and cool. Spring remained cool and saw numerous rainfall events that added diseasepressure as well as compressing canopy work schedules like shoot thinning, wire lifting and leaf breaking. Cool summer conditions continued into January when
vintage began later than usual. Vintage characterised by alternating hot and cool conditions with small rainfall events throughout. A season where picking decisions
and ph management in the winery were important.

Winemaking:
The entire winemaking process – right from the selection of grapes – focused on retaining maximum flavour. Crushing was slow and gentle to cool the mash. The
grapes were pressed and cold settled for 24 hours followed by a careful racking to the fermentation tank. Specific yeast was selected for each fermentation batch to
ensure maximum flavour development. Fermentation was done at 12 to 13°C to preserve freshness and fruit flavours. The wine spent 60 days on fermentation lees,
stirred up once a week to enhance the mouth feel before being r acked, filtered and stabilized for bottling.

Wine description:
This layered Sauvignon blanc shows prominent aromas of asparagus, passion fruit, and gooseberries with hints of guava. The fresh and zesty palate follows through with
green apple and peppadew flavours.

Serving suggestion:
The wine is a perfect match with creamy seafood pasta and grilled lobster