Forest Edge Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Goat cheese salad, fresh oysters, grilled white fish
✨ Technical Specifications
While Brokenwood is anchored in the Hunter Valley, their pursuit of exceptional cool-climate fruit led them to the high-altitude slopes of the Orange region in New South Wales. The Forest Edge Vineyard, perched at approximately 800 meters above sea level, benefits from rich volcanic soils and a chilly climate that slows grape ripening. This allows the Sauvignon Blanc grapes to develop intense aromatic profiles of passionfruit, gooseberry, and bright citrus while retaining a crisp, flinty acidity. Brokenwood employs careful, minimal-intervention winemaking, primarily using temperature-controlled stainless steel fermentation to preserve the pristine, vibrant fruit character and mineral drive that defines this elegant high-altitude terroir.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1970 by Sydney lawyers Tony Albert, John Beeston, and acclaimed wine critic James Halliday, Brokenwood Wines began on a modest 10-acre block in Pokolbin within the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. Guided for decades by veteran managing director and chief winemaker Iain Riggs, the estate evolved from a passionate weekend venture into one of Australia's most prestigious and benchmark wine producers. Brokenwood embraces a philosophy of precise, low-intervention winemaking designed to let terroir and varietal clarity shine across both estate-grown Hunter Valley fruit and carefully selected parcels across Australia. The winery has achieved global acclaim particularly for its crisp, cellar-worthy Hunter Valley Semillons and its flagship Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz, alongside popular lifestyle bottlings like the iconic Cricket Pitch label.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Sauvignon Blanc
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.0% - 13.0%