The Marlborist Grande Sauvignon 2022

The Marlborist is a contemporary winery based in Marlborough, dedicated to producing expressive and elegant wines that reflect the region's unique characteristics. It was co-founded by good friends Richard Ellis, Stuart Dudley and David Nash, a team of next-generation winemakers with extensive experience working alongside Marlborough's pioneering winegrowers.

The same team are also co-founders of sister company Alpine Rift, which makes an elegant Sauvignon Blanc in an interpretation of the classic Marlborough style.
Drawing on their intimate knowledge of the region, they source fruit from some of Marlborough’s most revered vineyards and create a range that shines a ‘modern light on classic varieties’.

Picked on a sunny autumnal morning on the 28th March 2022, the fruit was harvested by hand and transported directly to the winery where it was gently pressed and cold settled for three days. The juice was racked to old French oak puncheons and left to spontaneously ferment by indigenous ‘wild’ yeast, a process that took several months to complete. Occasional lees stirring and a full malolactic fermentation occurred before the wine was transferred out of oak. Each batch was left on lees and kept separate until April when the blend was assembled and then settled prior to bottling in August.