Vintage
2021
ABV
12.5%
Wine Type
White
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
Fresh and lively this is a great representation of Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc from one of the latest ripening coolest blocks in the Adelaide Hills. It has a lovely passionfruit and guava palate with a steely mineral resolve
Accolades
Wine Enthusiast Feb 2021 85 points - Minerally, grassy and reserved on the nose, this pale straw-colored wine is equally shy on the light-bodied, silky palate. Yellow grapefruit zest, Greengage plum and Asian pear timidly contribute to the flavor profile. Integrated acidity adds liveliness to the mildly concentrated fruit. In fact, the acidic tension engages the palate more than the flavors. The moderate, fruit-driven finish takes on a slate tone.
Winemaker's Bio
Mark Kozned wine journey started in 1998 when he decided that he wanted a new life (that’s when Nova Vita (yes it means new life) was born) sitting with Joanne in a little French café in London. After being away from Australia for 7 years he gave up his international investment banking career to pursue his real passion – growing grapes and making wine (and drinking truckloads of it!).
Twenty years of grape growing and 10 vintages later at Tintara and Revenir and an on-and-off again Masters of Viticulture and Oenology at Adelaide University (yes its still only 80% complete) and he is still restless.
Wine making philosophy – let the grapes do the talking. This includes:
• sustainable practices in the vineyard are key - he keeps experimenting with organic practices but the terroir makes it difficult
• making wines that are balanced and elegant and readily smashable. He believes in getting back to basics and letting the grapes do the talking not winemaking gobbledygook – hopefully this produces wines that are fuller and scrumptious!
• where possible using natural yeast (wild ferment) and certainly no animal products.
• going on a natural wine tangent to have some more fun, edginess and risk with Project K
Wines he loves to make – his latest focus is on the natural field-blend wine project called Project K where a huge amount of risk with uncertain outcomes has produced amazing wines. His favourite is The SPN - a co-fermented Shiraz/Pinot field blend.
