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Riverby Estate, Marlborough, New Zealand
A single-vineyard wine, grown in the heart of the Wairau Valley. ( in fact right next door to Cloudy Bay ) This is a wine that has gained a huge following in Australian restaurants ( its currently listed on some 300 lists ) and hence the majority of the wine is exported. We have convinced Riverby to allocate us a quantity of this wine each year. "A tighty framed sauvignon showing aromas of dried herbs and subtle mineral notes. The palate is juicy and succulent with excellent acidity providing a lovely crisp finish. The high level of concentration and overall balance indicate the wine will evolve gracefully over the next few years."
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Peregrine, Central Otago, New Zealand
Peregrine's back to their best after now sourcing all their sauvignon fruit from Central Otago. Grown in the Cromwell Basin and Gibbston districts. "This Peregrine wine captures the intensity of Central Otago's mid-summer rays- vivid green gooseberry and tropical fruit flavours come with a weighty, upright, edgy texture. Salmon steaks with green salsa would do nicely." Cuisine
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Marlborough - Other, Marlborough, New Zealand
From this up and coming winery, grown on the stony, silty soils of the old Wirau river bed ( opposite Seresin Estate ) comes this great buying sauvignon. This scored 91/100 from a Wine Orbit Tasting and 4 ½ Stars. “ A beautifully perfumed wine displaying passionfruit, white peach and subtle herbaceous characters on the nose. The palate is intensely flavoured showing excellent mid palate mouthfeel, nicely pitched acidity and a very long finish. It's lively, fresh and very delicious.” Sam Kim
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Nelson - Other, Nelson, New Zealand
"Blackenbrook is small ( 4 hectares ) and new ( first wine from 2004 ), so its hardly surprising it's little known outside Nelson. Swiss owners Daniel and Ursula Schwarzenbach have the meticulous approach to winemaking for which their countrymen are famous, while Daniel has some serious winemaking experience under his belt. He has worked for top producers in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and France, and has judged wine at competitions in Switzerland, France, Germany and China. Its greatest strengths are pinot gris, gewurztraminer, riesling, sauvignon blanc and chardonnay. Quality has crept up in recent years and if it continues, Blackenbrook has a very bright future." Bob Campbell
"Grown in the Tasman district, harvested by hand and lees-aged in stainless steel tanks, the 2009 vintage is a dry style.
Aromatic, it is fresh, vibrant and punchy, with good intensity of gooseberry and lime flavours, racy and long." 4 1/2 Stars M.Cooper
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Astrolabe, Marlborough, New Zealand
We have a small allocation of this absolute stunner. Made by Simon Waghorn from the relatively new Kekerengu area, this little microclimte is located south of Blenheim heading down the coast towards Kaikoura- ( the famous Kekerengu store is a landmark in the area ). "Limestone-rich soils give it a distinctive signature and it has strong minerality with herbal and green capsicum flavours in the background. It also has an attractive balance with a suggestion of sweetness neatly matched by tangy acidity to give a pleasantly drying finish. An understated wine with a lingering finish."
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Astrolabe, Marlborough, New Zealand
In amongst a flooded market of cheap sauvignon, Astrolabe have maintained their quality being extra vigorous with their selection and dropping yields and Bob Campbell has given this one of the best 2009 sauvignon reviews. "This must be Astolabe's best Sauvignon Blanc to date - it's certainly a long way ahead of the 2008. A mix of Awatere with Wairau Valley fruit it's a very powerful statement about the Marlborough style. Concentrated wine with a mix of passion fruit, mineral and tomato leaf flavours. Impecably balanced and with a lingering finish that won't quit. 95 /100 Bob Campbell. Well done Astrolabe- very very classy sauvignon at this price.
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Marlborough - Other, Marlborough, New Zealand
"Typically a very classy wine- scented and harmonious, with rich, limey fruit flavours and excellent depth. The 2009 ( 5 STARS ) was mostly handled in tanks and given extended lees contact, but 2% of the blend was oak-aged. Its shows lovely freshness , balance, delicacy and intensity, with sweet-fruit delights, a complex array of fruit flavours, woven with lively acidity, and a very long finish. Benchmark stuff, it's already delicious." M.Cooper Top draw Sauvignon Blanc from a fastidious producer who has won a gold for the last 9 consecutive vintages.
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Marlborough - Other, Marlborough, New Zealand
Elsewhere $24. This is their 'Reserve' Sauvignon from their Awatere Vineyard and its spectacular- even more so at this silly price. The blocks in the Estate Vineyard are located on both the hills and the valley floor in gravely well draining soils,
strict water management achieves fruit characters and minerality unique to the Awatere Valley. The Single Vineyard fruit comes from the best ten percent of each block.
"Intensely classic Awatere Valley scents of freshly mown grass, tropical fruit and gooseberries underpinned with
characters of slate and a hint of gunsmoke. The palate is focused on purity of fruit, full bodied with great weight and
balance. Concentrated touches of peach, ripe fruit and
gooseberry along with hints of dried herb and stony mineral
characterisGcs lead to a long persistent finish." Top notch sauvignon.
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Astrolabe, Marlborough, New Zealand
Astrolabe's limited edition sauvignon from the Awatere has just been released. Last years vintage was Top rated 2008 Sauvignon by Sue Courtneys 'Wine of the Week' web site. Blind tasted it stood out amongst the likes of Cloudy Bay, Dog Point and St Clair. Also in Bob Cambells 'Top 12' sauvignons of 2008 and he writes "It was no surprise to see this winery at the head of the field, nor to see their Awatere wine breast the tape ahead of other sauvignon labels. And as Bob says "In recent years, Astrolabe has steadily climbed up the charts with its pure and powerful sauvignon blanc, but since the release of the Awatere and Kekerengu single-vineyard wines last year, it's having a serious crack at earning the tittle of NZ's best sauvignon blanc producer." Bob Campbell. The 2009 promisies to perhaps be the best yet according to Simon Waghorn- the winemaker. This is a good as it gets!
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Gisborne & Hawkes Bay - Other, Gisborne & Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Very, very good lees aged, old vine sauvignon blanc. When we tried this with our "only good sauvignon can only come from Marlborough blinkers on" we were stunned. From the Dartmoor Valley this has a very intense, floral, tropical, lemongrass nose with a palate of zesty, lemon, pineapple, pawpaw, grapefruit, passion fruit and generous persistent mouth-coating flavour- rich and intense.
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