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Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2024 | Clos Henri Vineyard
19.30 €
The Bourgeois family has tended vines in Chavignol, Sancerre, since 1696 — ten generations of Loire mastery that Jean-Marie and Rémi Bourgeois channelled into Clos Henri in Marlborough, founded in 2000 after twelve years of searching. The Estate Sauvignon Blanc blends parcels on Otira Glacial Stones and two windblown Waimaunga Clays at 85–150 metres altitude, across a property bisected by the Wairau Fault. Renamed 'Estate' from the 2021 vintage when the former Petit Clos vines reached maturity.
Fermented in stainless steel and aged three months on fine lees with regular bâtonnage. The 2024 vintage was shaped by the driest Marlborough growing season in 94 years, with yields down 20–30% and small, intensely flavoured berries.
Wine Identification
The Clos Henri Estate Sauvignon Blanc is a white wine from the 2024 vintage, produced by the Clos Henri winery in Marlborough, New Zealand. This bottling was formerly known as Petit Clos; it was renamed Estate from the 2021 vintage, when its vines reached maturity.
Origin and Winemaking
Clos Henri was founded in 2000 by Jean-Marie and Rémi Bourgeois, after a twelve-year search guided by their family’s winemaking tradition in Sancerre, Loire Valley, dating back to 1696. The vineyards are located in the southern foothills of the Wairau Valley, at altitudes between 85 and 150 meters. The site is geologically unique, split by the Wairau Fault, and features two distinct soil types: glacial stones from Otira and aeolian clays from Waimaunga.
For the 2024 vintage, which was recorded as the driest in Marlborough in ninety-four years, yields were 20-30% lower than average. The grapes exhibited thin skins with high concentration. The winemaking process involves fermentation in stainless steel tanks, followed by three months of aging on fine lees with bâtonnage (lees stirring) to enhance texture and complexity.
Tasting Profile
The wine is crafted from 100% Sauvignon Blanc. The low-yield, dry conditions of the 2024 vintage contribute to a concentrated character. The extended contact with fine lees and regular stirring adds body and aromatic depth.
Critical Reception
This vintage has received strong critical acclaim:
James Suckling: 94 points
The Wine Advocate (Parker): 93 points
Overall Character
The Clos Henri Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2024 combines the Bourgeois family’s expertise in the Loire with the distinct terroir of Marlborough. It offers a structured, concentrated expression of Sauvignon Blanc, supported by textural richness derived from lees aging, marking it as a compelling example of New Zealand white winemaking.
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Learn more about Clos Henri
The name is a tribute. The Bourgeois family has grown vines in Chavignol, in Sancerre, since 1696, but it was Henri Bourgeois who in the 1950s began with two hectares on the village slopes, betting on a region that back then was nobody. The family domaine carries his name, and so does this estate on the other side of the world.
His sons Jean-Marie and Rémi joined in the 1960s and eventually set out on what the family calls the great search: twelve years travelling the planet to find a terroir capable of giving Sauvignon Blanc the precision of the Loire. They found it in 2000 in the Wairau Valley, in Marlborough, where the soils resembled Sancerre's more than any others. They bought 98 hectares of native pasture and called it Clos Henri: after their father, and after the French tradition of the enclosed vineyard.
The estate is split in two by the Wairau Fault, and that fracture is its whole point: on one side, glacial greywacke stones laid down by the Otiran glaciation some 75,000 years ago; on the other, wind-blown Waimaunga clays. Two different soils within the same property, bottled separately.
The vineyard has been certified organic by BioGro since the 2013 vintage, with biodynamic practices.
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