Fire Road Sauvignon Blanc, 2021

New Zealand, (Marlborough GI)
100% Sauvignon Blanc
13%

On Boxing Day of 2000, a massive fire burned more than 15,000 acres for over three days, killing thousands of stock and threatening the wine town of Blenheim, as well as a number of vineyards and wineries. Disaster was avoided by the brave residents, of what is now known as Fire Road, who battled the blaze by using buckets and hand-held hoses and the eventual assistance of a fortunate wind shift. Today, the Fire Road vineyards flourish in the same hot and dry climate that was once the catalyst for such a mighty blaze.

TASTING NOTES: A lifted nose showing aromas of passion fruit, white peach and kiwi fruit with refreshing herbal and mineral notes. Light-bodied and refreshing with typical Marlborough flavors of passion fruit, gooseberry and grapefruit. A pleasing herbaceous thread leads to a long lingering finish.

FOOD PAIRINGS: A perfect match with garlic prawns on the barbeque.