Patritti Lavoro Sauvignon Blanc 2023 (12 Bottles) Adelaide Hills, South Australia

$256.00 GST Included

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Very light pale straw colour with greenish tinge; notes of freshly cut grass, citrus and lemon grass blend with tropical aromas of gooseberries and pineapple.

The palate is refreshing and crisp with a lovely acid line. Flavours of grapefruit, pineapple, lemon and passionfruit linger long after the wine is swallowed.

Vintage 2023 will be remembered for being long and slow. A very cool and wet season was a concern for growers and wineries. Fortunately for most premium South Australian regions ripening was late but, in the end, got there with great balance and freshness in the wines.

Overall low to very low crop levels for most varieties meant that despite the challenges and concerns, fruit quality was over all very good.

The Adelaide Hills wine region has a reputation for producing some of Australia’s most exciting cool climate wines. With an average elevation around 600 metres the climate is significantly cooler than the neighbouring areas. Cool, dry summers and an autumn ripening period produce a balanced fruit flavour profile and natural acidity.

Crushed and destemmed, the free run juice was cold settled then cool fermented in closed stainless steel fermenters. With minimal intervention the wine was then stabilised before bottling to retain freshness and vibrant varietal flavours.

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About Patritti Wines

Giovanni Patritti was among the first Italian immigrants to arrive in South Australia. In 1925, a 25 year old Giovanni boarded a ship at the port of Genoa and left his Piedmontese village of Carru for a brighter future. He believed he was on his way to America to meet his sister. Instead he landed at Port Adelaide, South Australia, on the 28th of April, 1925.

With not a word of English, Giovanni still managed to swiftly gain employment. He changed his Italian name to the more ‘Australian’ John, and after a number of different jobs, began selling ice-cream at the gates of the Botanic Gardens in Adelaide.

Just one year later, Giovanni was leasing vineyards in the Brighton District, 15km south of Adelaide City (now the City of Marion), and making wine for the ‘new Australians’.

By the late 1920s Giovanni owned a number of acres of vineyard and had built a winery with his best friend, Cristiano (Jimmy) Bissacca. From the late 1920s until the 1960s, Patritti predominantly produced dry red table wines and fortified wines.

Out of a need to diversify and continue business growth in the early 1970s, the Patritti family came up with an ingenious and resourceful solution – one that has remained a unique point of difference for more than 40 years. 1974 saw the first release of 100% natural non-alcoholic sparkling grape juices from wine grapes. Some years later apple juice was introduced.

Since the late 2000s, Patritti has shifted their focus towards premium wines and adopted ‘new’ and rare grape varieties, adding depth and diversity to an already extensive range.

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