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FLOWSTONE Moonmilk White Gewurztraminer Sauvignon Blanc Savagnin, Margaret River

Umamu Estate only releases their wines when theyve had time to develop in the bottle and this Sauvignon Blanc Semillon is drinking beautifully now. In the glass: Beautifully vibrant bright lemon with a still-youthful green tint. On the nose: Lifted mix of toast and honey development. On the palate: Rich and beautifully developed with a lovely warm core of buttered toast, preserved lemon and lemon curd in a terrifically textured, layered and complex wine. So remarkably fresh and complex.

From the near perfect 2018 vintage this wine is typical of the style that comes from Margaret River tropical fruit mineral layers, and crisp acidity.

A deliciously complex Sauvignon Blanc. It’s crunchy and structured with white stone fruits and a touch of juniper and cucumber. It sees a very small amount of French oak to add an extra creamy layer.

Abundantly ripe bouquet of stone fruits, white peach and nectarines mingled with fine buttery oak undertones. Creamy powerful, complex, mouth filling with a persistant dry finish.

The classic Margaret River blend. Pale green in colour, with aromas of succulent Sauvignon Blanc and grassy Semillon. The palate is flint-dry with an initial impact of sweet racy fruit and a fine and lengthy finish.

This beautifully aged wine reflects the premium quality of the growing region of Bordeaux, in southern France, where these blends are called a white Bordeaux. Margaret River in Western Australia has a marked Mediterranean climate – fairly parallel, in fact, to that of Bordeaux – which is why these blends have been around since the infancy of discovery of the Margaret River wine region. This Sauvignon Blanc & Semillon blend displays a good acid profile with a percentage given treatment and time in oak, which offers structure, longevity and potential. If you drink this blind you would not guess its age; instead you can appreciate a wine full of character.This producer is renowned for holding wines back ready for release for this very reason. This graceful SBS is no exception. Here is an opportunity for you to sample a well-structured mature wine - grow and develop your palate. Good acid profile with a percentage given treatment and time in oak, which offers structure, longevity and potential. If you drink this blind you would not guess its age; instead you can appreciate a wine full of character. Therein lies the beauty of a well-made wine and the journey of our palate development. Explore & Expose your palate, it is always worth it. The best part is to watch a wine develop and believe me this wine isn’t over the hill yet, it has another few years to go. That’s another plus point of a well-made wine: you can keep the conversation going. Its sister from 2005 is still going strong.

Grape variety - 100% Sauvignon Blanc Oak maturation - 56% of the wine spent 5 months in French Barriques. 11% in new oak and the balance in 1 and 4 year old oak. Colour - Pale straw-green. Aroma - Complex with underlying fruit punch. The wine opens with smokey lanolin, chalk, talcum powder and subtle cedar oak. There are ripe fruit characters of gooseberry, papaya, blackcurrant, lychee and roasted red capsicum. Palate - Rich with a creamy texture and balanced acidity providing good drive to the palate. There are ripe fruit flavours of lychee, papaya and gooseberry with cedar oak and a wood smoke complexity. The finish is firm with a long passionfruit finish. A complex Sauvignon Blanc made in a Fumé Blanc style. Food matches - Goats cheese salad with asparagus, scallops with pea puree. Peak drinking - Drink now to 2026. Viticulture - Handpicked fruit from the open lyre trellis “Home Block” vineyard went into this Sauvignon Blanc. The 2022 vintage was a warm 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. 44% of the wine was fermented in stainless steel with a known yeast strain. The remaining wine was fermented in French barriques with 49% of the blend being fermented with wild yeast on medium to high solids. The final blend was put together in July 2022. Storage and Bottling - Bottled under screw cap into a premium burgundy bottle in August 2022. 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.

Fragrant and energetic, the nose has an abundance of lycee, kiwifruit and blackcurrant with lime curd and lemon sherbet. Thai basil, sliced fennel, ginger and citrus blossom sit neatly in the background. A gentle entry leads to a delicately textured mid palate. Bursting lemon, lime and grapefruit dominate throughout with bright acidity, a slightly savoury line and a talc-like finish.