Greenhouse Knight ‘Straya’ Cabernet Shiraz bouchie-chatelier The Salvard Blanc

The Salvard Blanc

Oger and Chouilly

In typical Marlborough fashion

The Lethbridge Block 4 Pinot Noir is grown on a patch of vines on the black clay

but the time spent on lees combined with the quality of the fruit mark this out as a Chablis of some distinction

Greenhouse Knight ‘Straya’ Cabernet Shiraz bouchie-chatelier The Salvard BlancBlend of two parcels whole berry (partial cab mac) Cabernet Sauvignon and 100% whole bunch fermented Shiraz. Blended together before going into old wood (11 months). Was taken into barrel on a good amount of fermentation lees. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Aromatic style, plenty of purple fruits. Mouth filling texture, without being heavy at all. In fact, the lees component, as well as the cab mac have made for a fruit forward flavoured, creamy