Sauvignon Blanc
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Forester Estate Sauvignon Blanc
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2011 Sauvignon Blanc
RRP: $24.99
Online Price: $21.20 per bottle
Tasting Notes
| Grape Variety | 100% Sauvignon Blanc |
| Vintage | 2011 |
| Oak maturation | 4 months in one year old French Barriques |
| Alcohol | 13% Alc/Vol |
| Release date | November 2011 |
| Peak drinking | Drink now – 2014 |
| Food matches | Pair with grilled salmon with leeks or goats cheese |
| Colour | Pale green / straw |
| Aroma | A slightly more serious style showing clean and focused characters of citrus, nettles, dried herbs and flint, with a touch of smoke adding complexity from partial barrel fermentation in one year old oak barriques. |
| Palate | A fuller style that has great texture and freshness with dried herbs and citrus at the forefront. The wine finishes long and clean with lingering herbaceous characters and mineral acidity. |
Awards & Achievements
2010 Sauvignon Blanc
GOLD MEDAL – Sydney Royal Wine Show 2011
Bronze Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Show 2010
Bronze Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2010
2009 Sauvignon Blanc
90 Points: Ray Jordan WA Wine Guide 2010
Bronze Medal – Rutherglen Wine Show 2010
Bronze Medal – Cowra Wine Show 2010
Bronze Medal – International Wine & Spirit Comp 2009
Bronze Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA 2009
2008 Sauvignon Blanc
Bronze Medal – Rutherglen Wine Show 2008
2007 Sauvignon Blanc
Silver Medal – Perth Royal Wine Show 2007
Bronze Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA 2007
Bronze Medal – Sydney Royal Wine Show 2008
Bronze Medal – Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2007
2006 Sauvignon Blanc
Silver Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2006
Bronze Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA 2007
Bronze Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA 2006
Bronze Medal – Perth Royal Wine Show 2006
92 Points: Ray Jordan’s WA Wine Guide 06/07
2005 Sauvignon Blanc
Silver Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2006
88 Points: Ray Jordan’s WA Wine Guide 05/06
2004 Sauvignon Blanc
Bronze Medal – Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2004
Bronze Medal – Perth Royal Wine Show 2004
Bronze Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2004
2003 Sauvignon Blanc
Bronze Medal – Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2003
Bronze Medal – Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2003
2002 Sauvignon Blanc
Silver Medal – Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2002
Bronze Medal – Sydney Royal Wine Show 2003
James Halliday Wine Companion
2008 Sauvignon Blanc 90 Points
2006 Sauvignon Blanc 93 Points
2005 Sauvignon Blanc 89 Points
2004 Sauvignon Blanc 92 Points
2003 Sauvignon Blanc 90 Points
Order Online
2011 Sauvignon Blanc
RRP: $24.99
Online Price: $21.20 per bottle
Winemaker Comments
Viticulture
A combination of handpicked fruit from the open lyre trellis “Home Block” Vineyard and other local vineyards went into this Sauvignon Blanc. The 2011 vintage was warm and dry with low yields and very little disease pressure. One rain event during January provided a welcome relief and helped to replenish the soil profile with some much needed water. The dry warm conditions, along with lower yields brought forward vintage by one to two weeks.
Winemaking
The handpicked fruit was held in cold storage overnight to eliminate the need for must chilling once the fruit had passed through the crusher. 15% of the wine was fermented cool in stainless steel with a known yeast strain. The remaining wine was fermented in one and two year old French barriques with a portion fermented with wild yeast. The final blend was put together in July 2011.
Storage / Bottling
Bottled under screwcap into a premium burgundy bottle in September 2011. After elevating the Sauvignon Blanc to the ‘Premium’ status within the Forester range in 2009, we have further increased the structure and complexity of the wine in 2011 through barrel fermentation, partial wild fermentation and storage on lees.