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Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2011
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"91 POINTS. It’s always good fun having a taste of the legend …It’s pure and grassy, floral and clear, and while it has gravelly, gooseberried flavours they are neither excessive nor under-done. It’s an elegant wine. It doesn’t taste at all cynical or commercialised. It finishes dry and it drinks easily/well. A very, very clean wine with subtle textural elements. Not too shabby at all." - Campbell Mattinson. Pale straw green in colour and enticingly fragrant, the 2011 Sauvignon Blanc offers lifted aromas of ripe stonefruit and juicy citrus with underlying notes of blackcurrant leaf and tomato plant spice. The palate is fine yet succulent, with zesty citrus flavours and fresh acidity. There is an appealing plushness about this wine especially as it leads into a lingering and characteristically crisp finish. Free draining, stony soils typify the Rapaura and Renwick areas whilst Fairhall and Brancott are predominantly aged alluvial loams containing some clay. The majority of fruit was grown on a vertical shoot positioned (VSP) trellis with three canes laid down. In 2011, average sauvignon blanc yields were 10 tonnes/hectare.
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WBW Rating: 92/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Marlborough NZ |
Winemaker: Kevin Judd
Drink now until: 2015
Alc/Vol: 13.5 %
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