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White
2011 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc
- New Zealand
- South Island
- Marlborough
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Community Tasting Notes 119
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Sir-Harrie wrote: 91 points
November 28, 2022 - Wow, Great
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Lable2 Likes this wine: 92 points
April 8, 2020 - Smell of gooseberry and lime. Taste of gooseberry, lime and grapefruit, with the slightly bitter sting. Acid is medium. Good long aftertaste. A very good wine. This wine show that some overseas sauvignon blanc can have a longer life than you might think. Kept in a wine fridge since I bought it years ago.
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HKdrinker wrote: 90 points
November 8, 2019 - To echo JVIZ's comment 30 months, on this SB is still drinking nicely. The grassiness has gone and it is now showing notes of vanilla and gooseberry. To be critical, perhaps a little lacking in complexity
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jviz Likes this wine: 91 points
July 10, 2017 - First note in >1 year on this bottling. Doubt if anyone's reading it, however, if you're still holding 2011 Cloudy Bays, open with confidence. Bought this in a bin so very unsure of provenance but worth a shot, and it didn't disappoint. Lost some of the grapefruit and grassiness and actually I pick up a hint of vanilla. Still good juice from a perennial producer
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Keith Cooper wrote: 87 points
March 30, 2016 - I see I'm the first to taste this wine for about 2 years, so I was worried I'd left it too long. The nose is easily identifiable as sauvignon, though the bottle ageing means that there is no longer the nettles and grassiness usually found on younger wines. Rich and full on the palate, still quite long, went well with smoked trout. No difference between the two bottles opened. So we got this just in time.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2011
- Type White
- Producer Cloudy Bay
- Varietal Sauvignon Blanc
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country New Zealand
- Region South Island
- SubRegion Marlborough
- Appellation Marlborough
- UPC Codes 081753809423, 9418408030016
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 12 (0%)
- In Cellars 658 (25%)
- Consumed 1,938 (74%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
aglio olio, avocado, pasta, salad, salmon pasta with cream sauce, ShrimpWho Likes This Wine
96% Like It 49 votes
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- ProducerCloudy Bay
- VarietySauvignon Blanc
- CountryNew Zealand
- RegionSouth Island
- SubRegionMarlborough
- AppellationMarlborough
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