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Bannockburn Sauvignon Blanc 2024

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Bannockburn Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Producer Bannockburn
Region, Country Geelong, Australia
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 24425-750

Matt Holmes has been tweaking the Sauvignon Blanc for the last few years to capture more freshness and site expression. Beginning in 2021, the winemaking was pared back, allowing the old vines and limestone soils to take centre stage. Tweaks aside, this remains one of Australia’s most compelling examples of the variety. The fruit hails from two small, organic-certified parcels of vines planted in 1996 at the property’s eastern edge on a block adjacent to the Serré Pinot Noir vines.

The fruit was pressed as bunches and settled overnight before being racked to tank for fermentation. The wine was then racked to stainless-steel tanks for a short maturation (three months) on lees before bottling. They say a change is as good as a rest, and Bannockburn’s fresh take on Sauvignon Blanc proves as much. The 2024 is one of the most appealing yet, full-flavoured with tension, texture and layers of complexity as well as brisk freshness and linear, crisp drive. It's a class act.

Bannockburn Sauvignon Blanc 2024

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Reviews

“Fantastic wine. It’s a bloom of complex flavour. Salted gooseberries, smoked apples, earth, clay, dry spice and hay, with dry grass and herb notes spreading through the aftertaste. No hesitation, this is a ripper.”
95 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
“Made from two parcels planted in 1996 and certified organic in 2021. A very bright green gold. The polar opposite (in a good way) to much Australian and NZ sauvignon blanc. Subtle aromas of white pear, just-ripened red apples, gooseberry and elderflower precede the palate, which has texture and depth not to mention a fine acid line running throughout.”
96 points, Philip Rich, The Wine Companion
“Aromas of passion fruit, fresh pineapple and and flint on the nose. The palate is light- to medium-bodied and textural with vibrant acidity, giving notes of lemon sherbet, Fuji apples and blueberry bush. Very focused and sophisticated with a minerally finish. Drink or hold. Screw cap.”
95 points, jamessuckling.com
“The 2024 vintage marks the 50th anniversary for Bannockburn—a moment for the estate. The 2024 Sauvignon Blanc Geelong riffs off the same playbook as the Riesling tasted beside it—it is powerful and grassy and has tremendous textural width on the palate, with beeswax, scratched citrus, pressed linen and tatami mat/straw. This is an intriguing wine. I like it. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.”
93 points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

Reviews

“Fantastic wine. It’s a bloom of complex flavour. Salted gooseberries, smoked apples, earth, clay, dry spice and hay, with dry grass and herb notes spreading through the aftertaste. No hesitation, this is a ripper.”
95 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
“Made from two parcels planted in 1996 and certified organic in 2021. A very bright green gold. The polar opposite (in a good way) to much Australian and NZ sauvignon blanc. Subtle aromas of white pear, just-ripened red apples, gooseberry and elderflower precede the palate, which has texture and depth not to mention a fine acid line running throughout.”
96 points, Philip Rich, The Wine Companion
“Aromas of passion fruit, fresh pineapple and and flint on the nose. The palate is light- to medium-bodied and textural with vibrant acidity, giving notes of lemon sherbet, Fuji apples and blueberry bush. Very focused and sophisticated with a minerally finish. Drink or hold. Screw cap.”
95 points, jamessuckling.com
“The 2024 vintage marks the 50th anniversary for Bannockburn—a moment for the estate. The 2024 Sauvignon Blanc Geelong riffs off the same playbook as the Riesling tasted beside it—it is powerful and grassy and has tremendous textural width on the palate, with beeswax, scratched citrus, pressed linen and tatami mat/straw. This is an intriguing wine. I like it. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.”
93 points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

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