Sauvignon Blanc 2025

New Release

Margaret River Wine Show 2025 | Silver
Ray Jordan WA Wine Review | 93 points

For information regarding previous vintages please contact the winery on info@foresterestate.com.au

Pricing

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Vintage	2025
Grape variety	100% Sauvignon Blanc
Oak maturation	45% of the wine spent 5 months in French Barriques. 3% in new oak and the balance 1 and 4 year old oak
Alcohol	13.5% Alc/Vol / Standard drinks: 8.0
Release date	December 2025
Colour	Pale straw-green.
Aroma	Intense, with a flinty, minerally aroma. There are fresh herbaceous characters of nettle, pea shell, and grass, along with pungent fruit characters of passionfruit and gooseberry. There’s an underlying smoky-spice note, with balanced, fresh oak characters that help to lift the fruit while adding complexity.
Palate	Medium-bodied, with a creamy texture and fine acidity. There’s a mix of mineral-cedar freshness with gooseberry, passionfruit, and guava, balanced by cut grass and spicy oak.
Food matches	Goats cheese salad with asparagus, scallops with pea puree.
Peak drinking	Drink now to 2028

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Viticulture

Our Sauvignon Blanc vines were meticulously managed to ensure a balanced crop and suitable canopy management. The 2025 vintage was a mild year for white grapes in Margaret River allowing plenty of time during January and February to ripen the fruit to our specification.

Winemaking

The fruit was harvested very early in the morning, then sent immediately to the winery for processing. 55% of the wine was fermented in stainless steel with
a known yeast strain. The remaining wine was fermented in French barriques with 24% of the blend being fermented with wild yeast on medium to high solids. The final blend was put together in July 2025.

Storage / Bottling

Bottled under screw cap into a premium burgundy bottle in August 2025. 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 through barrel fermentation, partial wild fermentation and storage on lees

Awards & Achievements

2025 Sauvignon Blanc

Margaret River Wine Show 2025 | Silver
Ray Jordan WA Wine Review | 93 points
Wine Show of Western Australia 2025 | Bronze
Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2025 | Bronze

2024 Sauvignon Blanc

2023 Sauvignon Blanc

2022 Sauvignon Blanc

London Int. Wine Challenge 2023 | Silver
Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 | Silver 92 points

2021 Sauvignon Blanc

2020 Sauvignon Blanc

James Halliday Wine Companion | 94 Points (Plus Selected as a Special Value Wine)
Wine Show of Western Australia 2020 | GOLD
Winestate Magazine – Best of the West Wine Show – WINNER
Top in Category | 5 Stars
Winestate Magazine 2020 | 5 Stars – equal top in category
London Int. Wine Challenge 2021 | Silver
Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2016 | Silver
Perth Royal Wine Awards 2021 | Silver

2019 Sauvignon Blanc

James Halliday Wine Companion | 94 Points (Plus Selected as a Special Value Wine)
The National Wine Show of Australia 2019| Bronze
Royal Perth Wine Awards 2019 | Bronze
Royal Hobart Wine Show 2019 | Bronze

2018 Sauvignon Blanc

2017 Sauvignon Blanc

James Halliday Wine Companion | 94 Points (Plus Selected as a Special Value Wine)
Gold Medal – Langtons Margaret River Wine Show 2017
Silver Medal – Wine Show of Western Australia 2017
4 1/2 Stars – Winestate Magazine 2018
Silver Medal – London International Wine Challenge 2018
Commended – Decanter World Wide Awards 2018
Bronze Medal – Royal Sydney Wine Show 2018
Bronze Medal – Royal Sydney Wine Show 2017

2016 Sauvignon Blanc

James Halliday Wine Companion | 94 Points (Plus Selected as a Special Value Wine)
BLUE GOLD & TOP 100 – Sydney International Wine Competition 2016
Gold Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Show 2016
Gold Medal – Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2016
Silver Medal – London International Wine Challenge

2015 Sauvignon Blanc

James Halliday Wine Companion | 94 Points (Plus Selected as a Special Value Wine)
Silver Medal – Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2015
Silver Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Show 2015
Bronze Medal – Adelaide Wine Show 2015
Bronze Medal – Perth Royal Wine Show 2015
Bronze Medal – Rutherglen Wine Show 2015

2014 Sauvignon Blanc

James Halliday Wine Companion | 95 Points (Plus Selected as a Special Value Wine)
92 Points – Ray Jordan, West Weekend Mag, 17th to 18th January, 2015
“A little partial barrel fermentation has added spice and texture to this savvy from Margaret River to create something a little more interesting. Creamy and slightly nutty characters on the nose with rich tropical notes. The palate displays texture and mouth feel with plenty of deep flavours. The crisp acid keeps it tight and focuessed through to the finish. Best drinking now to 2019.”

2013 Sauvignon Blanc

Gold Medal – Qantas Mount Barker Wine Show 2013
94 Points – Wine Showcase Magazine New Releases Tasting April 2014
Silver Medal – Perth Royal Wine Show 2013
Bronze Medal – Adelaide Wine Show 2013
Bronze Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2013
Bronze Medal – Royal Hobart Wine Show 2013
95 Points – James Halliday Wine Companion (Plus Selected as a Special Value Wine) (Plus Best of Sauvignon Blanc 2015 List)
“Hand-picked estate-grown Home Block grapes were cooled overnight; 43% cold-fermented in stainless steel using a yeast tailor-made for sauvignon blanc, the remainder fermented in used French barriques, 14% with wild yeast. Purity is the watchword for this wine, its green pea, grass and nettle flavours largely hiding an undertow of tropical notes, the package accelerating on the powerful finish. Drink by 2015”

95 Points – WineGenius.com
“A core of racy, tropical vibrancy runs through its spine. Well boardered by grassy herbaceous character, with green beans, floral lift and punchy acidity. Powerfully fruit-driven, and elegantly balanced, this maritime Sauvignon Blanc is outstanding.”

2012 Sauvignon Blanc

James Halliday Wine Companion | 94 Points
Highly Commended, Judged With Food – Sydney International Wine Comp 2013
Silver Medal – Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2012
Bronze Medal – Royal Sydney Wine Show 2013
Bronze Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2012
Bronze Medal – National Wine Show of Australia 2012
Bronze Medal – Royal Hobart Wine Show 2012
Bronze Medal – Perth Royal Wine Show 2012
Bronze Medal – Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2012
Bronze Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Show 2012

2011 Sauvignon Blanc

James Halliday Wine Companion | 94 Points
4 Stars – Winestate Tasting May Edition 2012

2010 Sauvignon Blanc

James Halliday Wine Companion | 94 Points
GOLD MEDAL – Sydney Royal Wine Show 2011
Bronze Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Show 2010
Bronze Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2010

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