Bankhouse Sauvignon Blanc
Single Vineyard | Marlborough
Bankhouse Sauvignon Blanc
Vintage 2022 
Description
Vintage
Located on the western bank of the Waihopai River, Bankhouse is a close-planted vineyard with a myriad of soil types and aspects which provide diverse expressions from which to craft a wine. A dynamic wine with riper tropical flavours from the clay soils and emphasised minerality and freshness from the riverbed gravel soils.
The Marlborough growing season started off well with very little frost pressure during spring. Flowering went without a glitch, due healthy soil moisture levels the canopies looked lush and vibrant. The start of 2022 summer was slightly colder; February was below the long-term average in temperature however the weather settled with a slightly damp autumn.

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Tropical and herbaceous

Tasting notes

  • Blackcurrent
  • Passionfruit
  • Cirtus

This wine displays powerful aromas of blackcurrant and passionfruit. The palate has an enticing array of ripe citrus fruits mixed with pungent herbs such as fresh rosemary, finishing with subtle acidity.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Sauvignon Blanc

  • Seafood
  • Shellfish
  • Salad

This Sauvignon Blanc is perfectly paired with fresh seafood, such as sautéed scallops or seared snapper, accompanied by a fresh side salad of fresh rocket, goat cheese and melon.

 

Best served at: 8 °C / 46 °F

This is a flavorful wine that shows an array of lemon grass, green mango, lime curd and nori on the nose.

92 POINTS

JAMES SUCKLING

Taut, bone-dry sauvignon with punchy acidity and struck flint/mineral, gooseberry, lemongrass and green capsicum.

93 points

Bob Campbell

Lively and youthful, it has a good intensity of passionfruit and green capsicum flavours, crisp, dry and lingering.

Michael Cooper

Aromas of fresh apple and wet river pebbles, a fine layer of fresh herbs then white fleshed tropical fruits.

92 POINTS

Cam Douglas

Mussles Mussles

Recipe pairing

Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels

Awaken your senses with our Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels recipe perfectly paired with the gooseberry, passionfruit and fresh citrus flavours in our Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

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Dynamic

Marlborough

We produce a wide range of Sauvignon Blanc wines, all from the Marlborough region. With incredible vineyards located throughout Marlborough, each site gives us a wine of its own style. The style of Sauvignon Blanc from the Wairau Valley is ripe and tropical; a pungent style of passionfruit and guava notes that leap out of the glass.

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