Three Lions Great Southern Sauvignon Blanc 2025
This wine is pale straw yellow in colour. The nose has tropical aromas such as lychee balanced with whit peach and subtle herbaceous notes. On the palate it is vibrant and fruit led with good acidity and a clean persistent finish.
Plantagenet’s total 126 hectares of vineyard have been carved out of the region’s distinctive Marri soils, named after the massive native Marri, or Red Gum, trees that grow here. The vast majority of fruit is sourced from the Rosetta vineyard, where Sauvignon Blanc was planted in 2001 on a north-facing aspect. The soils are gravelly loams with good drainage over a base of fractured clay, ensuring that the vines are not over-watered or over-fertilised, thus allowing for optimal fruit concentration.
Fruit was machine harvested during the cool night, crushed and gently pressed. A slow, cool fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures to preserve fresh, primary fruit aromatics. The juice was held on the light lees to build richness and texture.
Three Lions wines are made by the Plantagenet winery in the Shire of Plantagenet, Western Australia. The name Plantagenet was given to the Shire by early English settlers and was adopted by the winery when it was established in 1974. Their founder, Tom Smith, could trace his lineage back to the Plantagenet dynasty in the Middle Ages. The arms of the Plantagenet dynasty were three lions passant guardant, termed colloquially “the arms of England”. They were first adopted by King Richard the Lionheart (reigned 1189–1199), son of King Henry II of England (reigned 1154–1189), and grandson of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou. The label and name of the winery nod to this history.
The Plantagenet winery owns 126 hectares of vineyards in the Great Southern wine region. All their wines are made from estate fruit, so it makes sense that they should introduce this label, with a link to the name Plantagenet, to showcase this fruit.
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