Benguela Cove ‘L.C.’ Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Benguela Cove ‘Lighthouse Collection’ Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Winemaking

Harvested in the cool of the morning from ocean-facing northern and southern slopes facing the ocean, resulted in fruit driven and fresh wines. Cooled sufficiently and made reductively, the stage was set 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 and then carefully racked into the fermentation tank. Fermented in stainless steel tanks and 2000L wooden vats using winemaking techniques to enhance thiols, this wine spent 80 days on the lees, stirred up once a week to enhance mouth feel.

Tasting Notes

The 2025 vintage opens with an intense, expressive nose of gooseberry and bright citrus, supported by hints of crisp apple, box tree and delicate top notes of orange blossom. On the palate the fruit intensity floods the mouth, echoing green melon, apple and tangy lemongrass, all carried on a vibrant, mouth-watering acidity. A distinctly saline, oyster shell-like minerality runs through the wine, adding tension and length as the flavours taper into a persistent, refreshing finish.

Analysis

Alcohol: 13.0 %
Residual Sugar: 3.7 g/l
Total Acidity: 6.2 g/l
pH: 3.44
Wine of Origin: Walker Bay

Personality

This style of cool climate Sauvignon Blanc takes you right to the oceans’ edge where you can smell the salt in the air. Following suit with its predecessors, this is a very popular wine. 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. Its vibrant character makes it a great food companion but with plenty of fruit and a crisp palate, it’s also perfect to pour as an aperitif.