$20.90
Appearance
Clear, pale lemon.
Nose
Refreshing green apple, mint and pineapple.
Palate
Driven by lemon and passionfruit, the acid is clean and gentle, balanced by a slightly grapefruit sweetness at the end of the palate.
Region
Lenswood, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Variety
100% Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
Alcohol 13.0%
Oak
Unwooded
Cellaring
Best enjoyed upon release. Food Pairing Suggestion:Fresh oyster or light seasoned seafood such as steam sole with spring onion. Thai Chicken salad with fresh herbs and fish sauce. Goat cheese.
$21.90
Grapes for this single vineyard wine were hand harvested on March 12 from two small blocks on our Uley vineyard at the northern end of the Piccadilly Valley.
Initial juice analysis showed a Baumé of 11.6 degrees, pH 3.09 and titratable acid of 7.7 g/litre. After crushing and gentle pressing, the juice was fermented to dryness at low temperatures to enhance fresh fruit characters.Following stabilisation in tank, the wine was filtered and bottled on 2nd July 2019. Alcohol 12.5%.
Classically varietal and aromatic, the wine displays citrus, pear, guava, elderflower, herbaceous and faint grassy aromas followed by a generous palate with persistent fruit flavours, minerality and crispness and a spicy, tingling finish from the natural grape acidity.
$27.90
Sauvignon blanc is synonymous with the Adelaide Hills, but this one might surprise you. It’s a funky little number with its own distinct personality. The sulphitic edge and mouth feel, combined with tropical and citrus overtones, will no doubt appeal to a group of followers looking for a wine made with minimal intervention and representing a strong sense of terroir. Handpicked from a cool climate pocket in Woodside, gently whole bunch pressed, wild fermented in French oak barriques and left on lees for 6 months, the result was worth the wait.
Vintage: 2017
Grape varieties: 100 % Sauvignon Blanc
Region: Adelaide Hills , Australia
Winemaker: Darryl Catlin
Closure: Stelvin
Alcohol (ABV): 12%
Acidity: 6.0 g/l
Residual Sugar: 2.5 g/l
Wine pH: 3.33
$23.90
Tasting Notes Our Sauvignon Blanc shows pear, snow pea and fresh citrus aromas. The palate has lovely ripe fruit flavours with textural finish. 2017 was a late, cool season producing Sauvignon Blanc of great aromatic intensity and body with fine acidity to help the wine age. |
Winemaking At vintage all parcels are pressed into tank and cold fermented cool to preserve aromatics and freshness. Small batches are kept separate to see how the vintage and vineyard sites express themselves. The best parcels of wine are then blended and bottled for release in spring each year. |
Vineyard We source our fruit from growers in the cooler sites of the Adelaide Hills ranging from Mylor to Lobethal. The diverse characters each site gives add layers of complexity to the blend. |
Fermentation: stainless steel Alcohol: 12.5% Residual Sugar: 0.9g/l |
$23.90
This Heirloom Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc was produced from our best Adelaide Hills Vineyard whose clones and viticulture embody the very best in cutting edge but old school viticulture and winemaking. Hand tended vines, sorted bunch-by-bunch, naturally fermented free run juice, gently tank pressed and partially stored (15%) in well-seasoned French oak barriques for 12 weeks.
The colour is bright and beautifully with onomatopoeic like green straw tinges at the edges of the glass. Let it catch the light and marvel at the sparkle.
The aroma has an outrageous lift. This wine is like smelling spring the Adelaide hills, flowers blossoming, especially jasmine and veritable ripening in the market gardens, chives and lemongrass and leeks but overall it has a 3 dimensional quality to the aromas, ripening gooseberries and some mown grass. Blackcurrant and pink grapefruit dominate.
The Heirloom Adelaide Hills has that extra dimension, no just fresh and tangy but mouth filling with citrus flavours that fulfil and refresh. Almost impossible to over chill this wine can be drunk with an amazing array of foods or just by itself. The acidity and freshness is the key to keeping all the flavour to the forefront.
An extraordinary Sauvignon Blanc from the Adelaide Hills that will cellar well but is so deliciously perfect now any argument for delayed gratification is almost academic.
$12.90
$18.90
100% Mount Gambier.
“Friends are angels that lift you up when your wings have forgotten how to fly. Many people walk through your life, but true friends leave footprints in your heart.” So raise your glass - here’s to friends.
Tasting notes
Part barrel ferment has given this cool climate wine layers of complexity, with guava, crisp pink lady apples and gooseberry notes.
Winemakers notes
Mount Gambier is even cooler than Marlborough in NZ, so the long growing period allows the grapes to develop an abundance of flavours, and It means we can barrel ferment to increase complexity without losing it’s crispness and zest.
Single vineyard, organically grown.
We are very proud of our wines - we hope you enjoy them.
Dru Reschke - owner and vigneron
$17.90
We harvest our Sauvignon Blanc in the cool of the night when the fruit is cool and fresh. It makes for a crisp, vibrant wine that is deliciously drinkable.
$13.90
ALOFT
We are super excited to announce the release of our ALOFT range of delightfully delicious wines that are delightfully affordable.
ALOFT Sauvignon Blanc: Lime, green apple, passionfruit and white peach.
And just so you know, we’re talking about wines made from select parcels of Adelaide Hills fruit, sourced by us, bottled by us, packaged by us and delivered (to the shops) by us… well, not entirely by us, but every part of the process is local. We like being hands on.
Why ALOFT? Well we took inspiration from the Lofty Adelaide Hills – hitting the heights of wine without hitting your hip pocket. They are fun, uncomplicated, drink anywhere anytime with anyone (and no-one will look down on you).
We love what we’ve achieved with our ALOFT range – we’d love you to try it and let us know what you think.
$17.90
$18.90
Clean & crisp, providing light herbal aromas with a hint of grassiness.
Palate of gooseberry & guava with perfectly balanced acidity all leading to a tight full finish.
Alc 13.0%
$19.90
$19.90
$69.90
Simon Tolley 3 Pack contains one bottle each of:
Simon Tolley Chardonnay 2016 (RRP $35)
WINEMAKING
Hand picked grapes were gently whole pressed to seasoned French oak barrels using free-run juice only. A high solids, wild fermentation followed, giving the wine texture and complexity. The wine then underwent Malo-lactic fermentation with weekly batonage (stirring) for 6 months before bottling.
Simon Tolley Sauvignon Blanc (RRP $25)
WINEMAKING
Grapes were crushed and de-stemmed before gentle air bag pressing, taking the free-run juice fraction only. After cold settling for 48 hrs, the juice was inoculated with carefully selected yeast. A long, slow and cool fermentation followed before fining, filtering and bottling.
Simon Tolley Syrah 2016 (RRP $35)
WINEMAKING
The fruit was fermented over a 12 days and held on skins post ferment for 7 days. After light pressing the wine was racked to small French oak barrels and matured for 2 years. Bottled August 2018.
$26.90
HARVEST
A small parcel of carefully selected Sauvignon Blanc fruit was harvested from our Woodside Vineyard in the Adelaide Hills on the 27th February 2019.
WINEMAKING
Grapes were crushed and de-stemmed before gentle air bag pressing, taking the free-run juice fraction only. After cold settling for 48 hrs, the juice was inoculated with carefully selected yeast. A long, slow and cool fermentation followed before fining, filtering and bottling.
CHARACTER
An aromatic, fruit-driven styled wine. The palate is clean and crisp of medium weight and alcohol.
RELEASE DATE
September 2019
ALCOHOL
13% alc/vol
SCREW CAP
to ensure freshness and longevity.Join Simon and his family in realising their dream and date with destiny!
Simon Tolley; Viticulturist
$19.90
Our single vineyard estate grown sauvignon blanc was hand picked from our Norton Summit vineyard. This wine delivers all the lively, fresh and fruitful character you could ask for in a sauvignon blanc. Vibrant passionfruit, gooseberry and red delicious apples. Good purity with natural mineral acidity.
Screwcap.
13% alc.
Drink young and cold.
$23.90
Winemaker Matt Wenk
Tasting Notes
In the glass this wine is a pale straw with a green hue, initially the nose is full of citrus, honeydew and kiwi fruit, which then evolves showing hints of straw, minerals and subtle oyster shell and sandlewood. Once on the palate, the 2017 is dominated by citrus and passionfruit, coupled with some herbal straw characters and balanced with mineral mouthwatering acidity, fine texture and has great length.
Cellaring
Smidge recommends drinking this wine over the next 3 to 4 years.
Viticulture
The 2017 growing season was mainly warm and dry leading up to the start of the ripening period at which time, the mercury rose deliver- ing some very hot weather, making us all very nervous. In mid Feb- ruary, a much needed day long downpour was experienced, with a few lazy showers over the following days. This event reset the ripen- ing cycle, resulting in many blocks, including this Sauvignon blanc, ripening evenly over the following weeks in near perfect dry and mild conditions.
Vinification & Maturation
This wine was produced from fruit that was pressed lightly, with the free run only being used. The juice components were then settled before separately being cold fermented in stainless steel with neutral yeasts. This year approximately 2% barrel fermented fruit was blended. All parcels were blended, fined and filtered prior to being bottled.
$116.90
RRP $135
These six Sauvignon Blancs will all offer you something different. They showcase the varietal variation and wine making techniques these producers use to set themselves apart from the rest. Tropical fruit, citrus, texture, acid, and herbaceousness, the wines show variation from the extended skin contact, time in tank or the Fume style where the wine spends time in oak.
All delicious and great on a summer's day!
WM Showcase Sauvignon Blanc includes one bottle each of:
$20.90