(2026) Matured in 3rd and 4th fill, French-oak barrels, while the barrel component is immediately obvious in this Chardonnay with a little toasty edge, it is not in a overtly 'oaky' style. This is more about a creamy and lightly custardy sheen over ripe fruit. Lovely sweetness of fruit at the core of this, but good acid drive.
(2026) Creamy apple and light tropical fruit notes. Delightfully fresh and fruit driven, very good acids, and freshness and juiciness. An almost Sauvignon-like bite and juicy clarity to this. Delicious cooler-climate style.
(2023) Big smoky bonfire character on the nose, becomes quite European with a sizzle of bacon-fat, a bit of iodine, and firm red fruit. The palate freshens, giving some vegetal, rhubarb character as well as plum, the tannin and acid of the finish give a bitter cherry bite and savouriness.
(2023) A dry, savoury Sauvignon from a year of slow ripening so full flavour developed in the Sauvignon Blanc. Flinty and smoky, lots of citrus rather than tropical, and a fine, bone-dry acidity. Racing with pithy, zesty acid into a gently flinty, salty finish.
(2023) A real sense of ripeness and sweet fleshiness to the fruit, lots of weight and texture. Full and sweetly rich fruit on the palate too, and plenty of acid and lemony, waxy texture in the finish.
(2021) Though weighing in with 14.5% alcohol, as always with Seven Springs' Syrah there is a European-style elegance here, with a lovely violet and old roses floral lift to the black fruit, touches of spice and cherry too. In the mouth the weight and density of the fruit and that alcohol becomes apparent - not overdone or obvious, but there's a certain sumptuous quality to this as well as firm, fine-grained tannins and pert acidity to balance.
