2022 Supernatural Wine Company The Supernatural

Grown in the Hawkes Bay Millar Rd Vineyard this is Sauvignon Blanc but definitely not as you know it! It spends six hours on skins, has a wild ferment and then spends 8 months aging on lees which are stirred each full moon. The resulting wine has wonderful fruit - but its crunchy green fruits rather than a Marlborough Savs tropical profile. There's also some savoury elements here and a surprising salty tang on the finish. Plenty of acid to keep it food friendly but with a depth of flavour that means this wine can genuinely stand up to full on spicy food.