Nose
A wonderfully aromatic wine with powerful aromas of grass, snow peas and lemon
followed by pineapples, passion fruit, gooseberries, freshly squeezed lime and a floral lift
Palate
Boom! What an exciting and truly stimulating wine. Powerful citrus flavours a good line
of acid and a fresh clean finish which just keeps on giving.
Growing Conditions
2017 was on the whole a challenging vintage but the white varieties from Churchview Estate did
perform very well. As with all our fruit, the vines are grown with strict organic principles in mind,
in other words we do not use toxic chemicals on the estate and we maintain healthy soils using
microbiological strategies. The purity in the fruit is expressed in the quality and flavour of the final
product. The grapes are harvested in the cool of the night using the selective harvester. The Semillon
from block 18 on the estate consists of 48 rows 5ha planted in 2004 of which the middle 16
rows are better suited to this wine. The Sauvignon Blanc block 20 is 5.1ha planted in 2003. The
Sauvignon Blanc is picked over 4 different days and we are looking for different flavour profiles
from fresh lemon through to tropical fruits.
Winemaking
This is an iconic Margaret River blend. Here at Churchview Estate we are always working on
crafting the region’s top wines and this is no exception. Our blend is 80% Sauvignon Blanc
and 20% Semillon. The two wines were both left on lees for two months and continuously stirred.
Four different yeast strains, including a wild strain were used and one tank was co-fermented with
two strains to help increase the intensity of the blend. No fining agents are used as the wine is cross
flow filtered and sulphites are kept to a minimal level.
Appearance
Pale straw with green hue.
