Geoff Weaver Ferus Sauvignon Blanc 2015 (6 Bottles) Adelaide Hills

by CellarHand

$282.00 GST Included

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Estate-grown, wild-fermented in French barriques followed by 12 months maturation. Brilliant green-gold. Last tasted 3 years ago, and is still as fresh as a daisy. As good as they can possibly come in this style, said without intending to demean a wine of international class. 96 points. James Halliday’s Top 100 Wines of 2021

Crop levels of 2.4kg/vine were close to the long-term average on the Lenswood vineyard. It was another early-ripening year with full flavour development. Hand picking occurred in cool weather on the 5th and 6th March. Heat degree day summation for the year was 1250, putting it close to the long-term average of 1270 Heat Degree Days (HDD). Geoff’s vines are now 28 years old and show the benefits of maturity, with good balance of crop and leaf plus more stable crops. A significant rain event occurred between the 7th and 12th of January with 63mm of rain which helped these dry-grown vines.

Crush, destem, gently air bag press. Rack settled juice with some solids to barrel and allow to begin ferment naturally with indigenous yeast. Ferment to dryness with no temperature control. Leave on yeast lees with some stirring. SO2 added post ferment to protect against oxidation. The aim was to produce a wine, reflective of its vineyard origin, with as little intervention as possible. No fining other than a small amount of bentonite for protein stabilisation. One year on lees in third-use French oak barriques. – Geoff Weaver

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Geoff Weaver Wines is a family-owned wine business, established in 1982, and run by the former Hardys chief winemaker Geoff Weaver. One simple thought drives their winemaking; grow grapes of excellence in a site carefully chosen to suit the variety. The Lenswood region in general, and their site in particular, is beautifully suited to make wines of power and finesse with its cool, even temperature spectrum which allows full flavour development combined with high retained acid levels crucial to the making of fine savoury table wines.

Our vineyard lies high – about 500 to 550 metres above sea level – in the Adelaide Hills near Lenswood in South Australia.

Vines on our site grow in ancient soils with low natural fertility and ample cold air drainage, ensuring their flavour-producing metabolism is not restricted. With average rainfall of 1134mm, irrigation is rarely required and the vines have a steady but restricted water supply to nourish them.

Canopy lifting is used to help light reach the grapes. Hand pruning allows close control of crop level and foliage density, crucial in cool vineyard areas. All efforts are directed to cultivating fine flavour in the grapes. Each season brings further maturity to the vines and continued refinement of our methods.

Our wines are known for their fine, delicate flavours. Crisp and nuanced, they’ve received acclaim including multiple inclusions in the James Halliday top 100. We are a five red star winery, Halliday’s highest accolade. Fully ripe grapes are hand-picked, with low yields and consistently high quality.

CellarHand

CellarHand is a fine-wine importer and wholesale distributor, with a portfolio featuring some of the most sought-after estates of Germany, Austria, France and Italy, as well some of the greatest producers from Australia and New Zealand. Our ethos has always been to build a portfolio as you’d construct the perfect wine list. We work with small, family producers who express the best of their regions. The wines we sell are the wines we enjoy, and the people who make them are like family to us. They are wines that taste of where they come from, and though they’re steeped in history and stamped with the signature of their terroir, they’re more than ever relevant – and desirable – to the Australian diner of today.

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