2021 Golden Child Island Life Fume Blanc, Adelaide Hills

This is Sauvignon Blanc, given the Chardonnay treatment. The fruit is hand picked and whole bunch pressed straight to french oak barrels (some old, some new) for wild yeast fermentation. It sits on lees for eight months to develop complexity and texture before blending and bottling with a light pad filtration. The result is an acid driven white with luscious texture and intense Grapefruit, citrus and mineral characters. Style-wise, it really does sit in the middle of a full bodied Chardonnay and a lean, conventional Aussie Sauvignon Blanc.

It’s pretty much the perfect food wine, especially with seafood or white meat.