Oxford Landing, Sauvignon Blanc, 2021, South Australia
| Article: | 2021 Sauvignon Blanc Oxford Landing |
| Country: | Australia |
| Growing area: | South Australia |
| Category: | White wine, dry |
| Classification: | Wine of Origin |
| Producer: | Oxford Landing |
| Grape variety: | Sauvignon Blanc |
| Description: | This Sauvignon Blanc convinces by its elegant freshness and the very moderate alcoholic content. The wine smells intensively of citrus fruits, gooseberries with approvals of fresh herbs. At the palate elegant, cabbage tasty fruit, refreshing acid and flavours of exotic fruits. |
| Alcohol: | 10.5% |
| Drinking temperature: | 8 - 10 °C |
| Drink recommendation: | It matches excellently crustaceans or seafood, to summery salads or pasta dishes. |
Type of vine: Sauvignon Blanc is an internationally common type of vine which keeps its typical qualities in every hemisphere.
Classification: 1987 South Australia and its independent origin areas were defined. The wine corresponds to a vintage wine of certain cultivable areas.
Soil type: Red, sandy clay soil.
Oxford Landing: In the year 1958 Wyndham Hill Smith, the owner of Yalumba, purchased Oxford Landing. He recognized the great potential of this area along the Murray River, to plant shoots there. In the middle of the 19th century Oxford Landing was a cattle watering place of the sheep on the long journey of the northern grazing land to the market of Adelaide Meanwhile the wine-growing estate has 250 hectares of shoots at its disposal. Cabernet Sauvignon with 80 hectares of the main type of vine is followed by Shiraz, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot. Decisive for the quality of the reading good is the harvest at night to make use of the cooler temperatures ruling. To this wine doer Hugh Reimers: "There is no doubt that the key is the work in the vineyard to the high quality of the wine. If the grapes are not all right in the vineyard, the wine cannot taste nice just like it shall either."
| Ingredients/allergens | |
| Allergens: | Sulphites |
| Further details | |
| Country of origin: | Australia |
| Company: | Oxford Landing Estates |
| Address: | PMB 31 Waikerie South Australia 5330 Australia |
| Distributor: | A. Segnitz & Co. GmbH |
| Address: | Anne-Conway-Str. 4, 28359 Bremen |