Benguela Cove ‘L.C.’ Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Benguela Cove ‘Lighthouse Collection’ Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Winemaking

Harvested in the cool of the morning from northern and southern slopes facing the ocean, drives the result of fruit driven and fresh wines. Cooled sufficiently and made reductively sets the stage for a vibrant wine in the making. Efficient skin contact followed until the desired acid level was reached. The juice was settled for 48 hours then carefully racked into the fermentation tank. Fermented in stainless steel tanks and 2000 L wooden vats using winemaking techniques to enhance thiols, where the wine spends 60 days on the lees, stirred up once a week to enhance mouth feel.

Tasting Notes

The aroma is explosive of gooseberry and grapefruit with hints of ripe guava, lemon zest and top notes of rose blossoms. The fruit intensity fills your mouth and finishes with a salinity and oyster shell like minerality. Melon, toffee apple and white peach notes persist on the palate.

Analysis

Alcohol: 13.0 %
Residual Sugar: 2.4 g/l
Total Acidity: 6.78 g/l
pH: 3.27
Wine of Origin: Walker Bay

Personality

As its predecessor, this style of cool climate Sauvignon Blanc takes you right to the oceans’ edge where you can smell the salt in the air. Bone-dry with a citrus-like acidity, this wine is reminiscent of the Old World while the fruit leaps from the glass to remind you where it is from. It’s vibrant character makes it a great food companion but with plenty of fruit and crisp palate it’s also perfect to pour as aperitif.