Sauvignon Potentilla
We have dedicated this wine to the Potentilla, a small yellow wildflower that grows on our hills. The name Potentilla comes from the Latin ‘potenza’ (power) and ‘illa’ (small), meaning ‘great power’ in a small flower. The Potentilla vines, which are a mass selection with medium-sized, rather sparse bunches, were planted in 1975 and still produce graps that give this elegant and balanced wine its complex and seductive character.
About this wine
The hand-picked grapes, placed in small crates, were destemmed and left to undergo maceration on the skins for a few hours. The wine was racked into 15-hectolitre casks towards the end of alcoholic fermentation, to permit proper temperature control. Malolactic fermentation took place over one month. Keeping the wine on the yeasts contributed to its creamy texture while barrel ageing enhanced its crispness and complexity.
Tasting notes
Golden, with canary yellow hues. Lantana blossom and boxwood frame passion fruit, physalis, nettle, cotton candy, peach in syrup and honeysuckle, with faint balsamic and coriander notes lingering in the background. On the palate, it opens with great elegance, softness, salinity and minerality competing on the attack before giving way to a progressive vivacity and complex aromatic returns of sweet, exotic and citrus notes. In the long finish, a subtle whisper of boisé renews the intrigue.
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