The 2008 Boundary Farm Sauvignon Blanc comes from a single vineyard. It’s a warmer site, all clay on a north facing slope close to the sea. Barrel fermented on high solids using wild yeasts and 14% new French barriques, it was matured on lees for 11 months. It reveals notes of under-ripe pineapple, lemon zest, chalk, wet slate, lemongrass and coriander seed. Very crisp and steely on the palate, this medium-full bodied wine has great flavor concentration and a very long finish with some minerals. Delicious now, it should drink well over the next 2-3 years. Former chief winemaker at Seresin, Brian Bicknell set up his own Mahi label in 2001 with an aim to use his considerable knowledge and experience of the lay of the Marlborough lands to focus on crafting wines of single vineyard expressions. In 2006 he purchased the Cellier Le Brun winery to use as his base and gave it an impressively understated makeover. The five vineyards that Brian oversees are all certified organic. Total production is a small yet respectable 14,000 cases per annum of premium wines that are truly punching above their price weights in terms of individual character and intrinsic quality.Importer: Maverick Wine Co, Bensenville, IL; tel. (630) 860-4600