How to beat the Kiwi Sav Blancs – get the acidity right – weniger Säure macht Australiens Sav Blanc so richtig gut
I am a big fan of small family run vineyards, where the hard work of family members is alomst tasted in the bottled wines itself. One of these wineries is Galafrey Wines, which remains the oldest family owned winery in Mount Barker in Western Australia.
Sunset @ Galafrey Vineyards
The Vineyard is over 32 years old, the grapes are dry grown, giving intensity of fruit and lots of body to the wines.
One of my favourite wines from Galafrey is their 2009 Sauvignon Blanc, a variety working hard to compete with the Kiwis Sav Blancs out there. I tried a bottle the other night – pale straw and green in appearance, the 2009 version is rich and fragrant on the nose with asparagus, guava, and freshly cut grass characters emanating.
The palate is medium bodied with a concentrated density of fruit, balanced by clean fresh mineral acidity. I particularly like the passion fruit, lychee and herbaceous notes, its finishing is fresh and crisp. And most importantly the acidity levels of this Sav Blanc are in line with my taste butts – not too much acidic taste as so often realised with the New Zealand Sav Blancs.
Well done Galafrey Wines – you clearly deserve a mentioning in WINESTATE’s 2009 Australia’s best Sauvignon Blancs this year.
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Ich bin ein grosser Fan der kleinen, familien-geführten Wineries hier Down Under – man schmeckt die harte Arbeit der Familienwinzer quasi noch mit den Weinen. Galafrey Wines ist eine solche erstklassige Winery in der Mount Barker Region in Western Australia – einer cool climate Region in der ansonsten sehr heissen Region im Westen Australiens.
Der Sauvignon Blanc 2009 Jahrgang der Galafrey Wines ist jüngst zu einem der Top Sauvignon Blancs des Landes gekürt worden – ein grosser Erfolg für eine weniger bekannte Region Down Under.
Meinen Glückwunsch an das Galafrey Team – ich selbst probierte den 2009 Sav Blanc und war begeistert.
Ihr Michael Brecht
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