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Pleasant Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2008
NZD $15.95 NZD $14.95
Very few cases remaining of this lovely and excellent value Sav/Blanc, we have tried many 2008s, when it came to the crunch and the all important value for money it delivers hands down.
Not just your usual grassy, semi-sweet run of the mill Sav/Blanc but a wine that truly captures the essence of Marlborough, lovely acidity, pungent with beautiful middle palate and concentration, very clean and generous also full body, classic Marlborough really. At $14.95 per bottle it is hard to pass considering the quality of many commercial ones on the same price bracket.
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Awapuni Point Sauvignon Blanc 2008
NZD $16.95 NZD $14.95
With a little aging, this Sauvignon Blanc is becoming better and better. The 2008 vintage is the best we've had, it offers lush gooseberry fruit, lychee and green asparagus but it also has depth and length with good concentration and nerve. Made exclusively for Accent On Wine, at this price will give a lot of other Sauvignon Blanc at $20+ a run for their money. Drinking very well now but will also cellar for another 2 years. Drink it with mussels, prawns or any shellfish.
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Alan McCorkindale Sauvignon Blanc 2009
NZD $19.95 NZD $18.95
The new release of this outstanding Sauvignon Blanc that has been one of our benchmarks for many years. Again made by Alan McCorkindale, it typifies Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. It is packed with gooseberry, lime and fresh cut grass yet showing very good structure, texture and depth. Having tried this against other $20+ Sauvignon Blanc, it doesn't just rate in fact it's BETTER! Drinking extremely well now with shellfish in particular but will also keep for another couple of years or so.
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Discovery Point Sauvignon Blanc 2008
NZD $22.95 NZD $19.95
A very welcome departure from the grassy, over-the-top and tutti fruity Sauvignon Blanc that pretty much describes most of the commercial examples widely available. Discovery Point is pretty much aligned with the great Sauvignon Blanc of the Loire Valley in France i.e. Pouilly Fume and Sancerre. This is a Sauvignon Blanc which is low cropped, no fining and given extra lees contact, the result is elegance, beautiful texture, dry with concentration and depth, in essence what great Sauvignon Blanc should be. This is no show pony with 8/9 grams residual sugar that hopes to impress and hopefully get some sort of a medal in some Mickey Mouse wine show. Drinking at its best now, have it with shellfish.
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Teviotdale Sauvignon Blanc 2007
NZD $23.95
We have featured the new Single Vineyard wines from Waipara made by Alan McCorkindale and here is his other, the Teviotdale Sauvignon Blanc. We like this; it's flinty with fresh white asparagus, a touch of cut grass but clean, dry, not flabby or sugary like some of the Marlborough cousins. But it is Sauvignon Blanc that you will enjoy drinking by itself or with food, it has soul, terroir, it's fresh, concentrated and it says something, it says "Drink me!"
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Wairau River Sauvignon Blanc 2007
NZD $23.95
One of the most classic Marlborough estates in New Zealand going back to 1978, in fact one of the vineyards responsible for putting New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc on the world map, their style has not changed one bit, they still produce elegant, crisp, clean and racy Sauvignon Blanc which offers typical varietal character yet symbolises Marlborough through and through. The 2007 vintage was not a huge vintage but it made up for it quality wise and even though a little young at the moment it will develop into a superb wine with lots of gooseberry, passionfruit and a generous mid and back palate. Drink now or cellar for up to 2 years.
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Carrick Sauvignon Blanc 2008
NZD $24.95 NZD $23.95
On the nose, this wonderful Sauvignon Blanc shows hints of gooseberries along with yellow and green peppers. On the palate it displays paw paw flavours which mix with the gooseberry taste to give you something more herbaceous. It has a medium body with good length and a clean, crisp finish.
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Mairehau Sauvignon Blanc 2004
NZD $24.95
For lovers of Cloudy Bay Te Koko and Dog Point Section 94, you should seriously consider this. A brand new winery situated in Waipara that sources his fruit for this outstanding Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough. You will hear a lot about this in the fourth coming years. It is a Sauvignon Blanc made in the style of a Sancerre which has been fermented in old barrel and left on lees for 8 months. The wine displays slightly mango and grapefruit flavours but at the same time being quite flinty, extremely crisp and fresh. On the palate it has length, concentration and purity yet displaying slightly grassy and citrus flavours. An outstanding Sauvignon Blanc that we are proud to offer at an incredibly good price particularly compared to many others on the market.
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Kawarau Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2008
NZD $28.95 NZD $24.95
This is not your usual Marlborough grassy and zingy Sauvignon Blanc. For the sake of comparison it would be almost a blend of a Sancerre with a white Graves from Bordeaux. Displays citrus and tropical fruits with flinty aromas yet it is full bodied with great texture and complexity, flinty and a little smoky. An excellent Sauvignon Blanc that will even age for 2-3 years but of course superb now with fish, shell fish or white meats.
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Te Mata Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc 2009
NZD $31.95 NZD $24.95
A barrel-fermented sauvignon blanc with concentrated characters of pears, lime and toast with a lingering finish. Cape Crest can be enjoyed upon release and develops a mid-palate richness with 2-3 years cellaring.
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Ata Rangi Sauvignon Blanc 2008
NZD $31.95 NZD $29.95
As with all the wines from this vineyard, the Sauvignon Blanc is no exception. It has basically all the trademarks of a top wine with exuberant fruit, melon and green capsicum and a good dose of passionfruit, yet remains racy and crisp with very good palate weight and length. A small percentage of the wine has been given barrel aging and lees contact which is reflected on its tight structure and fat middle palate. Drink now or cellar for another 2-3 years.
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Jean Max Roger Sancerre 2005
NZD $36.95 NZD $34.95
Sancerre, the home of Sauvignon Blanc and still where the best wines from Sauvignon Blanc grapes are made. Jean Max Roger is a single Domaine with about 40 hectares of vineyard land and all of their wines are made exclusively from fruit out of their own vineyards. The 2005 vintage is a very good one. It encapsulates the real Sancerre, flinty, earthy, hints of dry herbs and gun powder. The palate is rich, clean with enormous purity, depth and focus. Ideal with shellfish, fish or light cheese.
