Slightly hazy pale amber/gold color with exuberant nectarine confit, orange blossom, passion fruit, fresh ginger, and a hint of petrichor aromas. On the palate, it's medium-bodied and dry with bright, mouth-watering acidity and a hint of tannins. It shows nectarine, dried apricot, yellow plum, mandarin orange, and passion fruit flavors with a very appealing saline minerality and lengthy finish.
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I wasn't sure what to expect after reading the other CT reviews but I thoroughly enjoyed this bottle. Unfined and unfiltered - it could be that there is some bottle variation, or it could be that some tasters stumbled into natural wine without knowing what they were getting into.
The wine is cloudy, pale yellow with intense tropical fruit aromas of pineapple syrup and mango. Bone dry on the palate; wet stone and graphite with just a wisp of chalky tannin and medium to strong acidity. Paired w/ piri piri shrimp and lemony arugula salad - delicious.
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Poured cloudy, opaque and unstable. Fruity esters on the nose like a sour IPA. This wine has definitely gone through a second fermentation in the bottle. Classic non-interventionist move by a natural wine winemaker ... don’t add stabilizing SO2 prior to bottling .. god forbid! This is a sour, funky mess that should not be labeled as wine. Back to the drawing board.
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We all hated this, and poured it out. We’re fans of NZ sauvignon blanc, and not averse to unfiltered wine or ‘orange’ wines left on the skins. This was unpleasant.
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Quite hazy. Fairly typical NZ SB aroma of passionfruit and fresh-cut grass, with a touch of VA giving it some extra lift and pungency. Similar on the palate, typical flavor profile but with the addition of some powdery, moderately grippy tannins and a touch of vinegary tang. Somewhere in between a white wine and orange wine, but much closer to white. Good acidity. Dry. Fruity. Tasty. Comes across as a nice twist on typical NZ SB, rather than something extremely different or exotic, but in any case enjoyable. Best not too cold.
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6/9/2023 - Martin Redmond Likes this wine: 91 Points
Slightly hazy pale amber/gold color with exuberant nectarine confit, orange blossom, passion fruit, fresh ginger, and a hint of petrichor aromas. On the palate, it's medium-bodied and dry with bright, mouth-watering acidity and a hint of tannins. It shows nectarine, dried apricot, yellow plum, mandarin orange, and passion fruit flavors with a very appealing saline minerality and lengthy finish.
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2/15/2022 - lemerick Likes this wine: 91 Points
I wasn't sure what to expect after reading the other CT reviews but I thoroughly enjoyed this bottle. Unfined and unfiltered - it could be that there is some bottle variation, or it could be that some tasters stumbled into natural wine without knowing what they were getting into.
The wine is cloudy, pale yellow with intense tropical fruit aromas of pineapple syrup and mango. Bone dry on the palate; wet stone and graphite with just a wisp of chalky tannin and medium to strong acidity. Paired w/ piri piri shrimp and lemony arugula salad - delicious.
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4/30/2021 - Canoehead wrote: flawed
Poured cloudy, opaque and unstable. Fruity esters on the nose like a sour IPA. This wine has definitely gone through a second fermentation in the bottle. Classic non-interventionist move by a natural wine winemaker ... don’t add stabilizing SO2 prior to bottling .. god forbid! This is a sour, funky mess that should not be labeled as wine. Back to the drawing board.
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3/16/2021 - M.Batard Does not like this wine: 75 Points
We all hated this, and poured it out. We’re fans of NZ sauvignon blanc, and not averse to unfiltered wine or ‘orange’ wines left on the skins. This was unpleasant.
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1/2/2021 - legarejm Likes this wine: 90 Points
Could not agree more with Beerzebub's review. Peachy, passionfruits, hay, mineral. Loved it!
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10/21/2020 - Beerzebub Likes this wine:
Quite hazy. Fairly typical NZ SB aroma of passionfruit and fresh-cut grass, with a touch of VA giving it some extra lift and pungency. Similar on the palate, typical flavor profile but with the addition of some powdery, moderately grippy tannins and a touch of vinegary tang. Somewhere in between a white wine and orange wine, but much closer to white. Good acidity. Dry. Fruity. Tasty. Comes across as a nice twist on typical NZ SB, rather than something extremely different or exotic, but in any case enjoyable. Best not too cold.
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9/10/2020 - RachelRueyRue wrote:
Couldn’t tell if I liked it or hated it. Best way to describe is a flat sour beer. Smelled like tropical fruit, maybe passion fruit.
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