Tokara, Reserve Collection Elgin Sauvignon Blanc 2024
This Sauvignon blanc is made from grapes grown on Tokara’s Highlands farm in Elgin. This wine is blended from a handful of the top performing blocks on this property, each chosen for their exquisite flavour and aromatic profile.
The 2024 vintage displays displays a pale straw colour with brilliant green edge. On the nose the wine opens with lime blossom and passion fruit. This evolves to incorporate a complex mélange of lemongrass, blackcurrant leaf and sweet greengage. The palate is bright and refreshing with crystalline focus that suggests longevity.
£21.70
Elgin
Sauvignon Blanc
Bone-drySweet
Description
Tokara’s sought-after and award-winning Reserve Collection consists of expressive and layered wines that showcase the unique attributes of terroir specific, single-vineyard offerings and are produced in limited quantities.
ORIGIN
This Sauvignon blanc is made from grapes grown on Tokara’s Highlands farm in Elgin. This wine is blended from a handful of the top performing blocks on this property, each chosen for their exquisite flavour and aromatic profile.
CROPPING AND HARVESTING
The vines cropped between 4 to 7 tons per hectare. Once they had reached optimum flavour ripeness, the grapes were hand-picked at dawn, ideally at sugars between 21.5- and 23-degrees brix. Whole bunches were cooled in a cold room before being transported in a closed truck to our winery on the Helshoogte Pass in Stellenbosch.
WINEMAKING
Immediately upon arrival the grapes were destemmed, crushed and cold pressed in our inert press. The press juice and free run juice were kept separate and settled overnight, followed by racking the next day. Only the free run juice from the best blocks is used for the Reserve Collection Sauvignon blanc. The juice was fermented at 18
degrees Celsius in stainless steel tanks with selected yeast. Following fermentation, the wine was sulphured and kept on the lees for nine months with regular lees stirring before stabilization, filtration and bottling.
TASTING NOTES
This wine displays a pale straw colour with brilliant green edge. On the nose the wine opens with lime blossom and passion fruit. This evolves to incorporate a complex mélange of lemongrass, blackcurrant leaf and sweet greengage. The palate is bright and refreshing with crystalline focus that suggests longevity.
Food pairing: Best served cold as an aperitif or with fresh summer oysters, fresh grilled yellowtail with salsa verde or salmon roses with kewpie mayo and caviar.
ANALYSIS
A l c . Vo l % – 13.0%
Residual Sugar – 4.7g/L
Total Acidity – 6.6g/L
p H – 3.23
Additional information
| Alcohol vol | 13% |
|---|---|
| Grape | Sauvignon Blanc |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Wine Farm |
Best served cold and drunk as an aperitif or with fresh summer oysters, fresh grilled yellowtail with salsa verde or salmon roses with kewpie mayo and caviar
4 reviews for Tokara, Reserve Collection Elgin Sauvignon Blanc 2024
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Gold Medal (95 points) | Decanter World Wine Awards 2025
“A cascade of grass, gooseberry, passionfruit and dried fynbos herbs rains down over the mineral structure with its vibrant elderflower acidity and long, generous finish.”
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Gold Medal (95 points) | International Wine & Spirits Competition 2025
“Inviting aromas of gooseberry and bell pepper intertwine with intriguing hints of asparagus and fresh peas. On the palate, lively passion fruit and melon burst forth, balanced by a zesty citrus edge. The finish is smooth and classy.”
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Double Gold Medal (91 points) | Gilbert & Gaillard International Challenge 2025
“Light yellow. Yellow fruit and passionfruit on the nose. Litchi and ripe pear on the palate with hints of passion fruit and citrus following from the nose. Lengthy on the tangy finish. Drink through 2030.”
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93 points | Tim Atkin MW Special South Africa Report 2025
“Tokara is based in Stellenbosch, but it also makes the odd white in Elgin, most notably this unwooded Sauvignon Blanc. Racy, sappy, tangy and refreshing, it has appealing kiwi fruit and greengage flavours, a thread of stony minerality and a bright, stony, saline finish.
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