2019 Te Mata, Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc, 6x750ml

2019 Te Mata, Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc, 6x750ml

2019 Te Mata, Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc, 6x750ml
Cape Crest and its gannet symbol refer to Cape Kidnappers, the southern point of Hawke Bay - home to the world’s largest colony of these marine birds. A Graves-style blend with great ageing potential.

Availability: 4 weeks

Case size: 6 / Bottle size: 750ml

Duty Status
From £80.00

Publication: James Suckling

A complex and composed, barrel-fermented style that has wide-ranging aromas, from dried flowers through citrus and tropical fruit to fresh almond. The palate has a very elegant, long and intense style with grilled-lemon and passionfruit flavours. Impressively long and layered palate.
2019 Te Mata, Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc, 6x750ml


ORIGIN
Cape Crest and its gannet symbol refer to Cape Kidnappers, the southern point of Hawke
Bay, home to the world’s largest mainland colony of these remarkable marine birds.

VINEYARDS
The fully ripe grapes for Cape Crest ’19 were hand harvested from individual plots within
Te Mata Estate’s vineyards between 15 March and 21 March 2019.

WINEMAKING
The separate parcels were each destemmed and lightly crushed, then cooled before a
brief period of skin contact. Following pressing and cold-settling, they were run to
a mixture of new and seasoned French oak barrels for fermentation. The resulting
wines were aged on lees, with regular stirring, for a further eight months before
bottling in January 2020. The blend was returned to tank for further maturation on
fine lees, before fining and bottling. Cape Crest ’19 is a blend of 86% sauvignon blanc,
8% semillon and 6% sauvignon gris.

TASTING NOTE
Diamond-clear with lime green highlights, Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc ’19 gives ripe
tropical fruit, complexity and length for days. Aromas of yuzu, guava, kaffir lime and
luscious white nectarine give way to palate of passionfruit, grapefruit, gooseberry, pear
and crushed herbs, with just hint of sea-salt and smoke at the end of the long dry
finish. A wine with great ageing potential as well as concentrated fruit, walking a long
green tightrope between elegant and refreshing.

CELLARING POTENTIAL
Closed with leading technology ‘DIAM’ corks. A technical cork, these eliminate any
possibility of cork taint and, when Cape Crest is well cellared, they provide consistent
evolution for every bottle. Cape Crest ’19 will continue to develop in bottle for five
years from harvest.