2025 Foreign Friends Jeanne Savagnin

Savagnin in the right hands is always going to turn heads, and considered our heads well and truly turned with this ripper! Foreign Friends continues to impress, and since launching in 2023 they’ve produced wines with real personality and approachability. 

The winemaking here for 'Jeanne' was all about building layers - as is the way with quality Savagnin. The grapes were cold-soaked on skins before a wild ferment in old French barriques, followed by ten months of ageing on lees. This time in wood and on lees has given the wine a gently creamy, nutty mealiness and a depth of flavour that sets it apart from more straightforward whites.

The nose is super aromatic, showing ginger spice, peach, and nectarine alongside an assortment of florals. The palate is where it's at though - focused and driven with juicy fruits but serious texture and structure. 

A complex wine that gives you all the interest of this variety without losing freshness and drinkability. Bravo!

94 points
"Another top release of a wine that excites the palate, combining complexity, a lingering savouriness and a juicy freshness. It makes for a most charming and un-put-down-able wine."
- Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)