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PASSION INTEGRITY CURIOSITY PEOPLE TERROIR Invivo X, SJP Sauvignon Blanc & Invivo is the Southern Sarah Jessica Parker’s first Invivo began with two old Invivo X by SJP Sauvignon Blanc is a Rose are created with New Hemisphere’s largest ever wine was perfected in school friends making wine blend of five estates in Zealand‐based Invivo Wines, in crowdfunded company. One of May 2019 when Invivo with “grapes, time and two Marlborough, spanning both the what Parker describes as a very Wairau and Awatere Valleys with New Zealand’s leading founders Tim Lightbourne maxed out credit cards.” collaborative process. The vines ageing from three to 11 years. producers awarded over 150 and Rob Cameron travelled to collaboration covers every Rob Cameron‐ Rob’s The terroir ranges from fine silt over medals, 90+ ratings and many New York City to create her aspect of the new wine, from approach to winemaking small river gravel on the Armidale trophies new Sauvignon Blanc. They Estate to heavy silt over southern naming and label design to the combines old world brought samples of the 2019 clay on the Westhaven estate. winemaking itself. elegance with the best By focusing on our customers’ vintage, harvested in April. grapes he can lay his hands needs and on innovation, we Over a three hour session, For Invivo X by SJP Rose, the grapes Invivo winemaker Rob on, from New Zealand and have managed to grow our SJP and the Invivo team are sourced from the “Golden Cameron explains: “This wine around the world. Triangle” of Provence, situated in business rapidly finalized the proportions is 100% Sarah Jessica Parker. So Saint Tropez, inland between from each vineyard to create Tim Lightbourne as Founder other than selecting the base Puget‐Ville, Les Arcs and Le Grower partnerships in New the exact blending recipe and Director has worked on wines I’ll be taking a back seat Thoronet Abbey. Le Thoronet is Zealand, Australia, Italy, France used in the wine. int’l strategy and marketing known for its clay‐limestone soil, and letting her create the and even producing Gin in with many iconic brands while Puget‐Ville & Les Arcs are of blends.” Ireland! Argilo‐siliceous soil. 1 GRAPE VARIETAL // INVIVO X, SJP 100% Sauvignon Blanc APPELLATION // Invivo X by Sarah Jessica Parker Marlborough WINEMAKING // The Invivo X, SJP Sauvignon Blanc is a blend A portion of this blend was held on its of five estates in Marlborough, spanning skins for up to 8 hours to extract some both the Wairau and Awatere Valleys with of the ripe phenolics and therefore vines ageing from three to 11 years. Sarah DID YOU KNOW? develop structure and power. The Jessica loved the intensity of style from the wines were fermented in stainless Waihopai Valley and has blended that with Te Kauwhata‐ Home of Invivo NZ Wines steel with a variety of yeasts, pure fruit aromatics from the Western temperature and nutrition regimes. Wairau and the power and purity found in There’s nothing old fashioned about Varying rates of untoasted “blonde” the Westhaven Vineyard in the Dashwood. Invivo, but when they laid their eyes on oak was introduced to some of the The Westhaven vineyard is one of the last one of New Zealand’s oldest wineries parcels to complement the naturally blocks of Sauvignon Blanc in Marlborough to rounder wines and promote palate they just had to make it their own. be harvested and so has an extremely long weight and breadth but not have and season to develop flavor and power. overt oak influence. All parcels have Back in 1902 the government built the Te been stirred on gross lees Kauwhata winery to explore if world class (“battonage”) for 80‐90 days. wine could be made in New Zealand ABOUT THE WINERY // (spoiler: we can). Wine legend Romeo Invivo X, by Sarah Jessica Parker was Bragato headed the initiative and six STYLE // created with New Zealand‐based Invivo years later his wines won New Zealand’s Abundant notes of grapefruit, honeysuckle, Wines, in what Parker describes as a very passionfruit and citrus zest evolve from the first ever international gold medals. collaborative process. The collaboration glass. At first, the palate is expansive and covered every aspect of the new wine, from leads with a wall of sweet‐scented fruits naming and label design to the Winemaker Rob Cameron heads Invivo’s and a soft‐ but balanced‐ acid spine. The busy operation, with everything from winemaking itself. Sarah Jessica Parker’s mid‐palate grows to another level, where first ever wine was perfected in May 2019. blending, barrel ageing and bottling supple phenolics offer a framework to happening on site. further lift the fruit. The wine continues to unfold and is very long and persistent. 2 INVIVO APPELLATION // Sud de France Sud de France is an umbrella name that Invivo X by Sarah Jessica Parker Rosé has was created in June 2006 to help mark GRAPE VARIETIES // both wine and food that comes from 45% Cinsault France’s Languedoc‐Roussillon region and 45% Grenache groups together various appellations DID YOU KNOW? 10% Syrah beyond the catch‐all Côtes du Roussillon and Languedoc AOPs. Soil types and terroir vary across the region as much as the topography, making it hard to collectively The grapes sourced to make this STYLE // describe them. Overall, it is a hot, dry beautiful Rosé come from the Grapes are harvested at night both by region, with a definitively Mediterranean “Golden Triangle” of Provence, hand and through machine harvest to climate. While Languedoc's vineyards are situated in Saint Tropez, inland ensure the shortest possible time from mostly located on coastal plains, those of between Puget‐Ville,LesArcsand vine to press. Fruit is sorted and Roussillon are either perched on cliff tops Le Thoronet Abbey. Le Thoronet is pressed gently under 100% inert or nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees. known for its clay‐limestone soil, nitrogen gas before fermentation. A while Puget‐Ville&LesArcsareof wide‐range of yeasts is used to Argilo‐siliceous soil. maximize aromatic intensity and ABOUT THE WINERY // retain mineral freshness. The wine has been crafted in Invivo X, by Sarah Jessica Parker was partnership with a family estate created with New Zealand‐based Invivo from Provence, Sarah Jessica Parker Wines, in what Parker describes as a very STYLE // collaborative process. The collaboration (SJP) and Invivo. The final blend A gorgeous shade of blush pink in the was selected by SJP and Invivo over covered every aspect of the new wine, glass, the aroma profile invokes clear from naming and label design to the an afternoon of tasting and rose petals and bright summer berry assessing in Manhattan. winemaking itself. Sarah Jessica Parker’s characters, wrapped in a minerality first ever wine was perfected in May that makes this wine exceptionally 2019 a NZ Sauvignon Blanc, and the fresh. SJP Rosé is full bodied with great newest wine, the Rosé, came on the complexity and elegance, delicious on market in May 2020. its own or with a range of cuisine. 3.