Review: Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2022

This might be the best Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc yet.

Importantly, this vintage is fleshier, more open and accessible than any I can think of, which is a welcome change for a Sauv that so often tastes unready. However, this isn’t just another Sauv – it’s a Bordeaux Blanc-inspired style, with grapes from the close-planted Crayères Vineyard in Wrattonbully, fermented and matured in old French demi-muids.

The textural layers make this interesting, too. There’s a lovely stone fruit varietal flourish, a little vanilla bean, with an aromatic profile that is more Sauv than barrel-fermented white, and then this creamy nectarine palate and stony acidity. There’s still the arms and legs pointiness on the finish; just to remind it could do with more time (add a plus sign to the score), but I like it.

THE VERDICT

• Best drinking: Good now, probably even better next Christmas. It will live for a decade too.
• Score (out of 20): 18
• Score (out of 100): 93
• Alcohol %: 13.5
• RRP (in $AUD): 50
• Winery website: https://www.terreaterre.com.au/
• Would I buy it?: Worth two glasses