After producing a singular Sauvignon Blanc at Tenuta dell’Ornellaia for many years, Marchese Lodovico Antinori wanted to make a wine that captured the same crisp, natural exuberance of the grape, while displaying restraint, elegance and structure. He turned to Marlborough, New Zealand, and in 2003 purchased, with his brother Piero Antinori, a portion of the Meadowbank vineyard. In 2004 they produced the first vintage of Mount Nelson from this ...
The Mount Nelson vineyard is situated just 18 meters (60 feet) above sea level on the banks of Taylor River near the mouth of Cloudy Bay. Originally part of the adjoining Meadowbank property, it was planted in 2001 and 2003 with more than 13 hectares (32 acres) of Sauvignon Blanc by Meadowbank owner William Grigg, a respected viticulturist who sold a portion of his property to the Antinoris.
Resting on an alluvial shingle fan, the vineyard ...
Tenuta Campo di Sasso Ltd. produces Mount Nelson Sauvignon Blanc, which combines new- and old-world styles, exuding the ripe, tropical and gooseberry fruit for which Marlborough is renowned, while harnessing the fruit’s natural exuberance to make a wine with restraint, elegance and structure.
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