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2022 Streicker Bridgeland Block Fumé Blanc

2022 Streicker Bridgeland Block Fumé Blanc

Blend

100% Sauvignon Blanc

Vineyard

Bridgeland Vineyard, Karridale

Winemaking Note

The fruit for our Bridgeland Block Fumé Blanc is selected from the best block of our Bridgeland vineyard in southern Margaret River. The fruit is handpicked, cold-crushed and pressed to retain freshness and cultivate texture and structure. The juice is settled cold and racked after 2 days, harvesting only the lightest and most delicate grape solids to further aid in textural and aromatic development. The juice is barrel fermented in 33% new, 33% 2nd fill and 33% 3rd fill French oak barriques. The wine is sulphured pre-malolactic fermentation, in order to further preserve fresh fruit aromatics and pure acidity. It is then aged in oak for 9 months and battonaged every two weeks to develop texture and additional palate complexity, after which the wine is removed from barrel, clarified and bottled.

Vintage Conditions

Steady winter rains between May and September 2021 filled soil profiles enough to sustain through the drier months. Budburst and shoot growth were surprisingly even in spring, albeit a little behind average dates, with wet and cloudy conditions continuing through to late November. The growing season lagged 3 weeks later than average, with veraison of chardonnay completing around mid-January. Dry, clear conditions and no rainfall over December and January sped up ripening, with early picking varieties maturing only a week later than historical average dates. The 2022 vintage resulted in whites of purity and power.

Aroma

Lychee, freshly squeezed limes, white pear and grape fruit.

Palate

Coating white fruits and viscous acidity are beautifully balanced by soft textures laced with mango and apricot. A fine finish of focused white fruit tannin and deftly intertwined oak, finishing with faint hints of freshly leavened dough and red currants.

Cellaring

This is a fresh drink now style, but can be aged for up to 10 years for added complexity.

Alcohol

13%

Accolades

95 & Top Gold - Langtons Margaret River Wine Show 2023

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Wine Specs
Vintage
2022
Varietal
Sauvignon Blanc
Vineyard Designation
Bridgelands
Acid
6.80g/L
pH
3.10
Aging
This is a fresh drink now style, but can be aged for up to 10 years for added complexity.
Fermentation
Barrel
Residual Sugar
1.67
Alcohol %
13
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Nectarines, faint cut grass and lychee, dotted with lime zest and citrus blossoms. Brisk and pristine on the entry, boasting coating textures of apricot and white pear, elevated by lifted flavours of jasmine of red currants. A fine and persistent finish of crushed granite and focused natural acidity.
Vineyard Notes
Bridgeland vineyard
Winemaker Notes
The fruit for our Bridgeland Block Fumé Blanc is selected from the best block of our Bridgeland vineyard in southern Margaret River. The fruit is handpicked, cold-crushed and pressed to retain freshness and cultivate texture and structure. The juice is settled cold and racked after 2 days, harvesting only the lightest and most delicate grape solids to further aid in textural and aromatic development. The juice is barrel fermented in 33% new, 33% 2nd fill and 33% 3rd fill French oak barriques. The wine is sulphured pre-malolactic fermentation, in order to further preserve fresh fruit aromatics and pure acidity. It is then aged in oak for 9 months and battonaged every two weeks to develop texture and additional palate complexity, after which the wine is removed from barrel, clarified and bottled.
Other Notes
The 2020 vintage was unforgettable. The region experienced a perfect growing season with warmer than average spring temperatures and ideal summer conditions. Little to no rain, low disease risk and timely flowering of the Marri trees to distract the birds, eased pressure in the vineyard. The relative ease of vintage was in stark contrast to the happenings of the world at the time, with ferocious bushfires ravaging the East Coast and the Covid-19 outbreak unravelling. Yields were down in 2020 resulting in exceptional fruit concentration.