Back to shop

2021

Sauvignon Blanc Fumé

Moonambel, Pyrenees

The story of oak-influenced Australian sauvignon blanc is checkered, but some labels consistently show the way with wines of interest and appealing personality. Mitchell Harris is one such maker that illustrates the successful formula: pale, bright appearance, herbs, lime and grapefruit on the nose, barrel input a subtle seasoning, a clean, smooth palate of easy texture and harmonious balance, finishing long and lip-smacking with a lingering peaty savouriness. Very good. 93 Points

Ralph Kyte-Powell - The Real Review 2022

Select a quantity:

$30
Back to shop

Sauvignon Blanc Fumé

2021 Moonambel, Pyrenees

The story of oak-influenced Australian sauvignon blanc is checkered, but some labels consistently show the way with wines of interest and appealing personality. Mitchell Harris is one such maker that illustrates the successful formula: pale, bright appearance, herbs, lime and grapefruit on the nose, barrel input a subtle seasoning, a clean, smooth palate of easy texture and harmonious balance, finishing long and lip-smacking with a lingering peaty savouriness. Very good. 93 Points

Ralph Kyte-Powell - The Real Review 2022

Select a quantity:

$30

Tasting
Notes

Fermented and aged in French oak

Wild yeast fermented and matured in French oak hogsheads on full juice solids. The ripe grapefruit and passionfruit characteristics from the vineyard, with wild ferment struck-match, and Fumé-style reductive complexity, delivers a Sauvignon Blanc with great length, texture and zing. John Harris – Winemaker

  • Peerick Vineyard, Moonambel

  • Best drinking now to 2025

  • 12%

Sourced from the Peerick Vineyard. Wild-yeast ferment started in tank on full solids then finished in oak. Matured 6 months in French oak (25% new). Fumé styles are often viewed as the serious, complex end of sauvignon. The introduction of oak can be fraught but John Harris manages a near seamless integration combining citrus, gentle tropical fruits, herbal and chalky elements with light, gently mealy oak and texture.

Jeni Port - Halliday Wine Companion, August 2022