History

This is the first 100% Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc by Elderton, a variety enjoying immense popularity with wine drinkers around the world. Our expression is grown from vineyards high up in the Adelaide Hills - Australia's undisputed king region for this variety. Whilst displaying the fresh aromatic characteristics and clean, grassy palate structure Sauvignon Blanc is famous for, we believe the 2009 to also display wonderful mineral and delicate floral characters. A wine to be enjoyed with Australia’s magnificent seafood offering.

Winemaking

This Sauv Blanc from the Adelaide hills region is from a mature vineyard (12 years) and has a difference of 20 metres in elevation across the block. This has allowed us to blend in the vineyard by picking the fruit at a point where the top vines on harder ground, with limited foliage, had a wonderful passionfruit bouquet and full palette weight. The lower fruit in turn, on heavier soil, had more foliage giving the grassy characters and acid, which we feel has resulted in finely balanced wine with an array of nuances. Please enjoy.” - Richard Langford

Viticulture

This Sauvignon Blanc is grown in Kersbrook, which lies on the border of the Adelaide Hills & the Eden Valley, North East of Adelaide. This higher appellation varies tremendously in climatic conditions and soils from that of the Barossa Valley floor. Due to altitude, the climate is cooler and the soils tend to be more minerally, thus, perfect for Sauvignon Blanc. Our grower ensures care is taken in every step of the vine cycle, whereby hand pruning, careful selection of picking time and many hours of nurturing throughout the year all contribute to the wonderful results found in the bottle.

Awards

•  2009 Hobart International Wine Show - BRONZE
•  Winestate Magazine Best Of Style 2009 - FOUR STARS
•  Adelaide Wine Show 2009 - GOLD
•  Winestate Magazine Special Edition Sauv Blanc & Blend Tasting - FOUR STARS

Reviews

•  Royal Adelaide Wine Show - The new release 2009 Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc has won a Gold Medal at the 2009 Royal Adelaide Wine Show. Scoring 18.5/20, the wine rated equal second in class - an amazing result and places the 2009 Elderton amongst the best Sauv Blancs in Australia.
•  James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion 2011 - 91 POINTS, rated 'Special value for money' - The bouquet is clean and distinctly fragrant in the pea pod and grass end of the spectrum, the palate adding just a touch of citrusy minerality.