Terre A Terre Crayeres Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Terre A Terre Crayeres Sauvignon Blanc 2025

The Crayères vineyard is located at the top of a north-south limestone ridge in Wrattonbully, one of Australia’s most exciting regions. This vineyard has been baptised the Crayères Vineyard after the chalk cellars in Xavier’s region of birth in Champagne, France because of the natural limestone caves found underneath the vineyard. The clay rich Terra Rossa top-soil, characteristic of the area, promotes nutrient uptake while the underlying limestone is a reserve of moisture for the vines. The Sauvignon Blanc was planted on rootstocks in 2004 using the F4V6 and H5V10 “Australian” clones on 101-14 rootstocks, at a relatively high density for the area (4,444 vines per hectare with 1.5m wide rows), which means more km2 of canopy per hectare, and better fruit exposure.The fruiting wire is only 50cm above ground which provides extra ripeness for the vines in this cool climate region. The fruit from the western part of the vineyard is retained for our Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc.

The Fruit was hand harvested on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of March 2025. After two weeks cold-settling in stainless steel tank, the juice was fermented in old oak barriques and demi-muid (62%) and stainless steel tank (38%). The wine was then aged on full lees with no batonnage in tank and oak, then blended and left to settle for two months prior to bottling in late 2025.

This wine always presents well and this is another hit. Grass, fragrant herbs, tropical fruit and guava-like characters run attractively through the palate and are sustained-enough through the finish. The fruit here feels so ripe that it almost tastes sweet but there’s plenty of steely/herbal characters surrounding and in any case, it’s most pleasant to drink. 92 Points - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front