2007 Hamilton Russell "Ashbourne Sandstone" White Blend

Winemaker's Notes
"85% Sauvignon Blanc/15% Chardonnay. The goal was to create a long-lived, lower alcohol, unwooded wine from a blend of white grapes. The plan was to release the wine after a certain amount of secondary bottle-age character had developed. With the research pointing to Sauvignon Blanc being particularly successful on sandstone soils, they aimed to have this as the lead grape, structurally and aromatically, with other partners contributing to the age-worthiness and palate depth and struture without competing with the aromatics. 12.5% alc."