Framingham Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2022 750ml

Rebecca Gibb MW writes:  Framingham doesn't like straitlaced wine styles. While this 2022 Sauvignon Blanc doesn't seem to stray too far from the mainstream with its zesty personality and dry, crisp pizzazz, delve further, and there's more going on. There's a little more grip and a wild, slightly grainy texture most likely due to some fermentation on skins and time spent inside both oak and acacia barrels. Yes, there's both green notes and pineapple tropicality but it's just part of a layered wine that has more than a fruit bowl to offer. I enjoy the fact that you discover a new facet to this wine every time you take another mouthful.  Drinking 2023 - 2029.  - Vinous 91

Erin Larkin writes:  The 2022 Sauvignon Blanc leads with mint and elderflower cordial, passionfruit and lime. In the mouth, the wine is concentrated and herbal, with coriander, mint and white strawberries. This will be a fun summer Sauv Blanc, I wager. 12.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.  - Robert Parker Wine Advocate 

James Suckling writes:  Very aromatic with gooseberries, currant leaves, lime zest and some flinty reduction to it. Crisp and tangy with a medium body and bright acidity. Toned, citrusy finish. Sustainable. Drink now. Screw cap.  - James Suckling 90

Jancis Robinson writes:  Bone dry and more ethereal than most with very well-integrated elevated acidity.  - Jancis Robinson 16.5

Vineyards in Wairau: Framingham, Tobermore, Yelverton, Alma St, Riverby and Andahlane in the Central Wairau, and Piddinghoe in Grovetown in the Lower Wairau. Grovetown is most closely associated with thiols. Some bordeaux clones, which they feel build the mid palate. Andrew Brown of Framingham says, ‘we’re not chasing thiols because we’ve never had them. We have bony soils and devigorated vines. Wind’s a big factor. We don’t have our own harvester so we just pick when we can.’ They ferment quite a proportion of the juice in old oak. Some batches are held on their lees with no SO2 for four or five months.

Winemaker Notes:

Expressive aromatics, with flint, meyer lemon, and a subtle short bread note. A well-rounded palate with volume and mouthfeel. Flavors of passion and stone fruit, sweet herbs and a fine boned acid finish.