Blank Canvas Abstract Three Rows Sauvignon Blanc 2023 [CD 96]

Cameron Douglas MS 96 points.

Abstract is a study in terroir refined by deliberate, restrained winemaking to showcase fruit purity and textural depth. Hand-harvested from the Abstract block on 31 March 2023, the fruit was whole-bunch pressed and the pristine free-run juice sent straight to French oak puncheons (15% new) without settling.

Fermentation was left to wild yeast, beginning naturally after 3–5 days, and the wine completed natural malolactic fermentation during the warmer spring months. The wine matured on fine lees for 15 months with no stirring, was gently racked off lees and bottled unfiltered on 9 July 2024 delivering textural complexity, precision and the structure for long ageing.