The Wine Collection Sauvignon 2016

The 2016 Alto Adige Sauvignon The Wine Collection opens to bright aromas of passion fruit, papaya and wild sage. This is a lean-bodied white wine with smooth richness, a creamy texture and very pretty aromatic intensity. There is a modern or contemporary streak to this wine that takes it a step closer to a so-called international palate, but no matter—the wine is just terrific all the same. The Wine Collection series was created to showcase the estate's most prestigious and age-worthy wines.

Clear lemon-green. Vivid, intense nose with notes of sage, elderflower and ripe dark currant. A little smoky in the background. Shows very good tension on the palate, which has notes of gooseberries, currant jelly and elderflower. Very long, with a creamy texture.