Kelly Washington Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2018

Coming from an elevated hillside site in the Southern Valleys region of Marlborough our Sauvignon Blanc is textured, structured, and a style that is markedly atypical of the region.

The vineyard is very unique for Marlborough, postioned high up from the valley floor, and is farmed Organicly and Bio-dynamically on clay-loess soils. The vines are closely planted, so the bunches are small and skins thick. Roughly 30% of the wine has been fermented and aged in old barrels, all by naturally occuring yeasts.

At Kelly Washington we seek the most unique and diverse parcels of high quality fruit, which we translate into our elegant and honest wines.

We work with a fastidious bunch of growers who have a love for the land, and are unrelenting in their pursuit of nurturing exceptional fruit from distinguished sites. Old vines, high density planting, vineyards of altitude, farmed sustainable, organically and/or bio-dynamically are the attributes we seek from the growers we work with.

A 15 year old dry farmed organic vineyard, located in the Waihopi valley, part of the Southern Valleys region of Marlborough. Soils are loess over clay sub soil.