2015 TWR Single-Vineyard 5182 Sauvignon Blanc

TWR

New Zealand / Marlborough / TWR

This is Anna & Jason Flowerday's inaugural Sauvignon Blanc release under their SV 5182 designation. It is the culmination of a five-year project they've been pursuing from their biodynamically farmed home block. The majority of the hand-picked and hand-sorted fruit is fermented in large, old French oak demi-muids, and all parcels spend a good while on fine lees post ferment. It has purity, yet with detail and fleshiness. On the nose and palate you'll find notes of ripe tropical notes with stone fruits, basil and lime, with a lovely line of ripe minerality and juicy acidity.

August, 2018

Mike Bennie

The Wine Front

94 points

Vibrant perfume shows sweet citrus, blackcurrant, faint green herb and a waft of almond. There’s more of those things in the flavour profile, it’s surprisingly tight, though the almond-nuttiness is more pronounced here and layers in more character. Quite powerful too, though you’d also say, surprisingly, restrained. Nicely done.

November, 2017

Nick Stock

jamessuckling.com

94 Points

A benchmark for barrel-fermented Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. This gathers subtle aromatic and palate complexity and takes nothing away from the strong, pure lime and green passion fruit that underpins the wine. Striking purity. Drink now.

Bob Campbell MW

92 points

A rich, textural sauvignon blanc, with extra weight and complexity achieved by barrel-fermenting 75% of
the juice. Capsicum, melon and passionfruit flavours, with a seasoning of nutty oak and yeast lees
character and a subtle struck flint reductive character.

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About TWR

Te Whare Ra (TWR) is a small vineyard and winery located in the Marlborough sub-region of Renwick. The 11Ha vineyard was first planted in 1979 and since 2003 has been owned by winemakers Anna and Jason Flowerday. Yields are kept low, the vineyard is managed with a combination of organic and biodynamic practices and all the fruit is handpicked and hand-sorted.  The wines are made with minimal intervention in a small winery which has been specifically set up for small-batch winemaking.  The aromatic wines have carved out a reputation for TWR as a member of New Zealand’s elite, while the improbably good Syrah and Pinot Noir are opening people’s eyes to Marlborough’s potential for red wines of distinction.
Biodynamic producer, certified organic
http://naturalwine.org.nz/

About

Anna Flowerday hails from McLaren Vale and kicked off her career there amid a thoroughly talented pack of young winemakers in the mid-1990s. She worked for Hardys for seven years all up, culminating in an aromatically formative stint at Leasingham in Clare Valley. It was during her time at Hardys that she met and fell in love with Jason Flowerday, a third-generation viticulturalist from Marlborough. Eventually they struck out together and in 2003 bought Te Whare Ra, home to one of the oldest vineyards in Marlborough, originally planted in 1979. Together they manage the estate with a combination of organic and biodynamic practices and have cemented this region's reputation not only as an impeccable source of aromatic whites but also as a force to be reckoned with for both Pinot Noir and Syrah.