2024 Worlds Apart Hope Forest Sauvignon Blanc

93 pts
A textured, complex Sauvignon Blanc from Hope Forest. Features wild fermentation, partial skin contact, and old oak aging.

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If you are looking for a standard "tropical fruit bomb" Sauvignon Blanc, you might want to keep walking. But if you are looking for texture, complexity, and a bit of wild energy, you have come to the right place.

Sourced from the Brackenwood Vineyard in Hope Forest (Southern Adelaide Hills), this wine is Louis Schofield’s rebuttal to the "overt obviousness" often seen in the variety. It is designed to speak of place rather than just simple fruit.

The winemaking is key to this shift in style: fermented wild, it starts with a lick of skin contact before moving to seasoned French barrels. This process builds a wine that is vivacious and lightly grippy, trading aggressive passionfruit notes for savoury elegance, balance, and a textural mouthfeel. It is Sauvignon Blanc with a serious, sophisticated edge.

93 points
"Depth of flavour is pretty amazing here. Texture is sublime. Salinity is up and delicious... There is a tempering from the texture and concentration of citrus character, though. You’d let this sit in cellar a while too."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

Mike Bennie

Mike Bennie

The Wine Front 93 Points

Picked late, “like Riffault without the allegations”, says winemaker Louis Schofield. From Brackenwood (organic farmed) vineyard. A light skin ferment here of a mere but important three days.

Depth of flavour is pretty amazing here. Texture is sublime. Salinity is up and delicious. Lots of ginger, lemongrass, lime going on. Tangy, but pleasingly so. A nice fuzz to texture to let you know what’s what. Refreshing, bright and lingering finish too. Lemony things linger with brine. It’s a delight, though it fair zings across the palate with its herbal thrust. There is a tempering from the texture and concentration of citrus character, though. You’d let this sit in cellar a while too.

Sauvignon Blanc from the Brackenwood Vineyard in Hope Forest, in the Southern Adelaide Hills. Fermented wild, first on skins, and then in seasoned french barrels, a Sauvignon that speaks of place, elegance, balance and texture, rather than the overt obviousness often seen in this variety

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type White
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Sauvignon Blanc
Country Australia
Region Adelaide Hills
Australian State SA
Feature Natural/Lo-Fi
Reviewed By The Wine Front
Critic Score 93
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Screw Cap

Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart is the small adventurous label of winemaker Louis Schofield and chef Hannah Jeffery.

Louis was the protege and assistant winemaker of the late Taras Ochota. From the Ochota Barrels wine studio Louis sharpened his winemaking skills and attacks the World Apart wines with a similar low-intervention but high attention to detail philosophy.

The grapes come from small local growers who farm with a sustainable ideology. These are small-batch, high-energy wines that pop out of the glass with loads of personality.

Winemaker Louis Schofield Worlds Apart

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