Ara Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2020

Ara’s wines are produced from its sustainably managed vineyard in the prestigious Wairau Valley in Marlborough. They deliver an intense and unmistakable purity. More elegant than many of its Marlborough competitors, this displays pronounced grapefruit aromatics with restrained mineral and flinty characters on the palate and a fresh finish.

The Waihopai Valley marks the westernmost end of Marlborough’s main Wairau Valley. Beyond it lies nothing but rugged hills. Being further from the sea (30km) and at higher altitude (100m), nights are even cooler here than in other parts of the region. This slows down ripening, creating elegant acidity and more intense flavours. Soils are deep glacial outwash shingle deposits overlaid with finer alluvial loess material, includer lots of clay deeper down. Located 30km from sea at altitude of 100m, nights are cool and create a slower ripening period leading to wines with great elegance and intensity of flavour. This delivers Ara a more citrus style of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Close row planting, low yielding Sauvignon vines of 8-10 yrs of age.