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• Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 28, 2024 - N....attractive medium+ intensity sweet mowed grass, crushed passion fruit.
  
  C....straw with a shade of green
  
  T.....big soft round ripe fruit though a nice balance of acid/wood/mineral base too which makes for a lovely glass of elegant classy SBlanc. This 2020 is probably my best-yet vintage of this wine.
  
  Nice essence at the end, some decent concentration; plenty of personality here - none of the stalky green edge in some Marlborough SB, thank goodness. Mind you, at around £40 I expect class!
  
  Zingy ripe lime, ripe gooseberry, a touch of sweet wood, ripe tropicals, silky acid. Off-dry on the scale.
  
  VFM/QPR?.....worth every penny of £40.00.

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• Yohansmas Likes this wine:

  October 2, 2023 - 뉴질랜드 소비뇽 블랑을 좋아하는 사람이라도 고민하게 되는 테코코.
  처음에는 소비뇽 블랑 특유의 열대과일 향과 풀 향이 은은하게 난다.
  이게 지나치면 피라진처럼 느껴지는데 거기까지 가지는 않는다.
  
  다만, 이게 워낙에 은은하다보니 오히려 저렴한 와인인가 오해를 했었다.
  입에서는 산도가 조금은 거친 편이었는데 얼마전에 드셨던 분 말로는 이정도는 아니었다고 하니 바틀 베리에이션일수도.
  시간이 지나도 오히려 와인이 점점 좋아지는 것을 보니 20을 지금 오픈하지 않고 2-3년후에도 괜찮을 성 싶다.

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• Philip67 Likes this wine: 91 points

  August 11, 2023 - Nice Sauvignon Blanc, with a touch of oak. Quite Loire in style. Not a big fat fruit forward kiwi, more restrained with a firm freshness. Nonetheless beyond the wet grass notes there are the NZ gooseberry notes that help lift the wine. Mid weight. Medium finish and straight forward. Drinking now, will hold for 5 years.

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• stayhappy21 wrote: 90 points

  July 27, 2023 - Tasted this at the Cloudy Bay & Chateau d'Esclans Master Class at New Ubin Seafood, Stevens Road.
  
  Straw green in colour. Astute, with wild tangerines, unripe lemon and lime on the palate. Laser sharp focus with oaky notes. Creaminess filled with vanilla pods.
  
  Speaker shared that this Sauvignon Blanc was matured in oak barrels, which is rather rare for New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs as they are revered for their fresh, unoaked style.
  
  Nevertheless, a good wine which is drank ahead of its time.

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• Peech Likes this wine: 91 points

  June 3, 2023 - lots of flint and muscat grape, green apple. Very big on the palate. Later on plenty of vanilla oak on the nose.

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• Vintage 2020
• Type White
• Producer Cloudy Bay
• Varietal Sauvignon Blanc
• Designation Te Koko
• Vineyard n/a
• Country New Zealand
• Region South Island
• SubRegion Marlborough
• Appellation Marlborough

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