Brink Sauvignon Sémillon, Spoke 2021
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Why this wine
Sauvignon Blanc blended with Semillon and barrel-worked, which is white Bordeaux's formula and almost unheard of in Marlborough. Textured and savoury rather than green. The most interesting white in this batch.
At a glance
- Grape
- Sauvignon Blanc 75%, Semillon 25%
- Region
- Marlborough, New Zealand
- Alcohol
- 13.00%
- Body
- Full
- Acidity
- High
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Medium (5-10 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Poultry & Pork, Seafood, Cheese
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How it tastes
Lemongrass, white peach and lanolin with a hint of struck match. Citrus peel leads a palate of immediate richness and weight: full-bodied, textural and structured, but with real finesse. Sauvignon Blanc 75%, Semillon 25%.
The producer
Four generations of Glovers farmed dairy at Dillon's Point before Owen and Wendy Glover pioneered vines there in the 1980s; their son Ben, a winemaker since 1995 and a 2001 Len Evans scholar, now runs the estate, and Spoke is his collaboration with Liam Steevenson MW. The Brink is a single vineyard planted in 1992 on the Renwick terrace in the mid-Wairau, organic from the start and one of Marlborough's oldest organic sites, on silt, loam and clay; it was about to be ripped out and replanted with young Sauvignon when Ben bought it — saving it from the brink. The sorted fruit was whole-bunch pressed straight into French oak puncheons, 20% new, for wild-yeast fermentation and wild malolactic. Hot days and cool nights in 2021 kept the acidity while flavours built.
Food and drinking
Good with roast chicken, smoked fish, asparagus and goat's cheese. Drinking well now and will develop for five years. Serve at 10–12°C. Certified organic; suitable for vegetarians and vegans.