Mahi Alais Sauvignon Blanc 2019

Mahi, meaning ‘our work, our craft’, began in 2001, fulfilling a dream for Brian and Nicola Bicknell. With a strong focus on single-vineyard wines from Marlborough, the idea behind Mahi is to respect and promote the individuality of those vineyards, and this focus of recognising and celebrating the diversity still continues. Since their first vintage they have built together a group of growers who are committed to their land and to the wines that come from it.

All of the vines reflect their ‘place’, their soils and aspects. All have been low cropped, hand-picked and fermented in the winery with the indigenous yeasts that arrive on the grapes. This is wine making with as little intervention as possible, so they truly reflect their sense of ‘place’ and the inspiration behind Mahi.

The grapes were hand-picked, whole cluster pressed and taken straight to French barriques. Fermented with indigenous yeast in the barrels, helping to add complexity and texture. The wine was left on yeast lees for fifteen months, which were stirred regularly, working as a natural fining agent. After time in barrique, it was gently racked then bottled.