(2003) From the baking-hot inland region of Robertson, where Sauvignon supremos Springfield Estate are also based, this has a very pale green colour and an enticing nose of mineral, salts and lime-zest, with undertones of nettle and gooseberry. On the palate this offers a really punchy, vivid lemon and grapefruit-packed palate, with masses of verve and a piercing quality of fruit and acidity. Much more Loire-like than anything remotely tropical, this is elegant and has plenty of fruit, yet also an unapoligetically austere mineral and citrus tautness. This is my kind of Sauvignon Blanc, and a really nice, well-balanced wine with fine purity and length.