Colour pale straw bordering on gold 15/15 Nose lots of tropical fruit grapefruit, pineapple , melon , herbaceousness great intensity and complexity Palate full flavour spectrum , tangy , nice texture like it had seen some oak, brillant finish just goes on and on Overall 9/11 for a wine that is now 6yo it just gets better and better, pity it's my last bottle
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The wine looks Straw colored. It smells like Grapefruit, and Apple. It tastes like Apple, Apricot, Stoniness, and Acetic Acid. The body is Light/Medium. The wine has Bright texture. The wine finishes Medium. I would buy this again.
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Tasty, and very characteristic of a Marlborough SB. Herbacious, with the grapefruit/goosenberry thing. Surprised that it held up well over the course of a week(!), and retained its crispness. Buy again.
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Interesting. Grassy, herbal, sancerre like, but with more ripeness and citrus in the vein of a typical Marlborough sauvignon blanc. Definitely reminded me of the chalky nature of really nice dry champagne. Curious to see if this opens up a bit. Tasty.
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Heidelberg (Toledo, OH): Unfortunately not 100% sure on the vineyard, but I think this was it. Restrained nose, dill? Good acid, elegant. Very balanced. Not hard. [Mixed opinions]
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This is a very appealing NZ SB. Nose of lime peel, sea spray, peach and mango, dry minerals. It is very supple in the mouth with interesting layers of fruit, grassiness, rodks and minerals. Manages to avoid the harsh edge so many of these carry. Excellent.
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On opening, very closed on the nose, with chalky minerality and a flinty finish. With a little air, develops hints of tangerine and white peach. Very balanced, with a light feel and low acid compared to many NZ SB. Elegant.
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Pale lemon color with a nose of herbs, grass and some tropical fruit. Medium body with medium acidity and medium finish. This was a well balanced not over the top SB that I enjoyed a lot.
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A nice balanced NZSB. Great tropical fruit meets grapefruit on the nose. Good weight and nice tropical notes on the palate. Melon, cucumber, guava, mango. Finish is well balanced but lacks that zippy acid needed to clean the palate. Granted I like high acid in my SB's, and this one was adequate.
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Bright and generous with cucumber, melon, and mango aromas that give way to a dry, well focused palate full of slate, lime and slightly leesy - almost Muscadet-like - flavors.
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13% ABV. Very pale in the glass. High toned lime metallic nose. Medium bodied with tangy white fruit. This bottles speaks less of gooseberry and more of tropical fruit with a nice saline mineral quality and a suggestion of chalk. Made a really nice impression on me this occasion.
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Pale straw colored. Bright nose of cat pee, grapefruit, lime leaves, peach, asparagus. Medium body, pretty big attack. Racy, but creamy. Really a lot of acidity here. Seems to come and go, but oveall very satisfying.
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Pale straw yellow with very expressive grassy nose that you would expect from New Zealand. Crisp, clean, and very good acidity balanced with ripe red grapefruit, citrus, and notes of apple and kiwi. The finish was extremely long and clean. Paired over the top with fresh raw Chesapeake oysters. Trying to forget the restaurant’s 3x+ price, but this was my first Martinborough experience. Memorable. Definitely recommend at under $30 if you can find it.
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Light straw in the glass with high toned typical NZ SB notes on the nose - gooseberry, passionfruit, and a touch of metallic cat's pee. Medium bodied with nice sweet grapefruit flavors. Good.
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Heavy cat pee flavour. Or maybe cat sweat. But there are complexity and depth. I almost taste some guanabana and perhaps even tamarind. Very good (84.5).
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This wine has an extremely nice nose of sweet dried fruit. Unfortunately, the acidity is extremely high, which makes enjoying this very tough. I was disappointed.
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More Sancerre in style as everything is toned back showing more restraint. It is a textural wine that will satisfy the typical ‘Savvy blanc’ drinker with some pungency of fruit but has shape and texture to satiate the ‘Chardy’ drinker as well.
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This was really well balanced with nice minerality and floral, grapefruit, and lighter apricot, and peach flavors. A bit too acidic to pair with pizza, but still quite good. Classic New Zealand sauvignon blanc.
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Light in all respects. Light pale yellow color. Light faint grapefruit and green apples with some grass and berry. Light clean lingering barely tart finish. Good but certainly not remarkable.
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Craggy Range Tasting Dinner (Pips - Las Vegas): Lots of grapefruit, with some tropical (lychee?) notes, backing it up, and just the slightest grassy/vegetal edge to it. It's tart, but not overly so, with gooseberry coming on in the mouth, with the grapefruit present all the way through to the finish.
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Opened and served immediately. Light yellow color in the glass. clear hue throughout. Nose of grapefruit, grass and a bit of gooseberry. Flavors of grapefruit with a dash of lime. Light to medium acidity, light to medium body. Drink over the short term.
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NobleRottersSydney - NZTrip - Hawkes Bay(2): {screwcap} The full spectrum of classic NZ sauvignon fruits is on display here, from the green fruit-asparagus style, right through to the tropical fruit salad. Crystal-like clarity on the palate; with a mix of sweet and sour fruit, sharp but not unnatural acid and – the clincher – a long persistent finish. Top shelf sauvignon, no question.
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12/9/2014 - LindsayM Likes this wine: 92 Points
Colour pale straw bordering on gold 15/15
Nose lots of tropical fruit grapefruit, pineapple , melon , herbaceousness great intensity and complexity
Palate full flavour spectrum , tangy , nice texture like it had seen some oak, brillant finish just goes on and on
Overall 9/11 for a wine that is now 6yo it just gets better and better, pity it's my last bottle
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7/27/2013 - gingerbreadman Likes this wine: 89 Points
Slightly off its best but still acidic with good structure and citrus and melon.
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12/2/2012 - Gustavo Brambila Likes this wine: 88 Points
The wine looks Straw colored. It smells like Grapefruit, and Apple. It tastes like Apple, Apricot, Stoniness, and Acetic Acid. The body is Light/Medium. The wine has Bright texture. The wine finishes Medium. I would buy this again.
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4/8/2012 - mithomps wrote: 89 Points
- Greenish color.
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4/24/2011 - toddmk wrote: 91 Points
Excellent SB! Taste profile falls in line with previous reviews. Grapefruit, grass and minerality dominate throughout. Great QPR for $20.
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12/16/2010 - wineywhites wrote: 88 Points
Nice floral notes on the nose. Bright, not overly tart - almost tastes like there was some oak somewhere in there. Nice drop
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11/22/2010 - vino_per_tutti wrote: 90 Points
Tasty, and very characteristic of a Marlborough SB. Herbacious, with the grapefruit/goosenberry thing. Surprised that it held up well over the course of a week(!), and retained its crispness. Buy again.
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10/10/2010 - JustinMcDonald wrote:
Very much in the French style, infinitely more interesting than most NZ SBs. would have liked to tried it next to a TeKoko and a dog point.
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9/19/2010 - wineywhites wrote: 88 Points
Interesting. Grassy, herbal, sancerre like, but with more ripeness and citrus in the vein of a typical Marlborough sauvignon blanc. Definitely reminded me of the chalky nature of really nice dry champagne. Curious to see if this opens up a bit. Tasty.
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9/13/2010 - joshwoodward wrote: 92 Points
Heidelberg (Toledo, OH): Unfortunately not 100% sure on the vineyard, but I think this was it. Restrained nose, dill? Good acid, elegant. Very balanced. Not hard. [Mixed opinions]
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7/10/2010 - MindMuse wrote: 90 Points
This is a very appealing NZ SB. Nose of lime peel, sea spray, peach and mango, dry minerals. It is very supple in the mouth with interesting layers of fruit, grassiness, rodks and minerals. Manages to avoid the harsh edge so many of these carry. Excellent.
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7/5/2010 - graphite wrote: 90 Points
On opening, very closed on the nose, with chalky minerality and a flinty finish. With a little air, develops hints of tangerine and white peach. Very balanced, with a light feel and low acid compared to many NZ SB. Elegant.
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6/13/2010 - The New Alcoholic wrote: 91 Points
Pale lemon color with a nose of herbs, grass and some tropical fruit. Medium body with medium acidity and medium finish. This was a well balanced not over the top SB that I enjoyed a lot.
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6/9/2010 - Sauvyfan Likes this wine: 88 Points
A nice balanced NZSB. Great tropical fruit meets grapefruit on the nose. Good weight and nice tropical notes on the palate. Melon, cucumber, guava, mango. Finish is well balanced but lacks that zippy acid needed to clean the palate. Granted I like high acid in my SB's, and this one was adequate.
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5/18/2010 - wino_tim wrote: 89 Points
Bright and generous with cucumber, melon, and mango aromas that give way to a dry, well focused palate full of slate, lime and slightly leesy - almost Muscadet-like - flavors.
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2/14/2010 - pmcquillen wrote: 85 Points
A little light. Nothing offensive. Serve not so cold.
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1/22/2010 - OneLastSyrah wrote: 92 Points
13% ABV. Very pale in the glass. High toned lime metallic nose. Medium bodied with tangy white fruit. This bottles speaks less of gooseberry and more of tropical fruit with a nice saline mineral quality and a suggestion of chalk. Made a really nice impression on me this occasion.
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1/19/2010 - MindMuse wrote: 89 Points
Pale straw colored. Bright nose of cat pee, grapefruit, lime leaves, peach, asparagus. Medium body, pretty big attack. Racy, but creamy. Really a lot of acidity here. Seems to come and go, but oveall very satisfying.
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1/9/2010 - kwattro wrote: 93 Points
scent of Asparagus, green apple, vegetables taste of peach, vanilla. The wine has a lovely velvet and creamy mouth feel. NICE!
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1/6/2010 - Weston3220 wrote:
Trialto Trade Tasting (Cibo Restaurant at the Moda Hotel [Vancouver, Canada]): A: Grassy Just a beautiful Nose really complex a nice ripe style of fruit I like 95pts
T: High Acid Med Intensiyt, the Flavour let me down on the palate compared to the nose good tho 90pts
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1/4/2010 - faucel wrote: 91 Points
Pale straw yellow with very expressive grassy nose that you would expect from New Zealand. Crisp, clean, and very good acidity balanced with ripe red grapefruit, citrus, and notes of apple and kiwi. The finish was extremely long and clean. Paired over the top with fresh raw Chesapeake oysters. Trying to forget the restaurant’s 3x+ price, but this was my first Martinborough experience. Memorable. Definitely recommend at under $30 if you can find it.
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1/3/2010 - OneLastSyrah wrote: 90 Points
Light straw in the glass with high toned typical NZ SB notes on the nose - gooseberry, passionfruit, and a touch of metallic cat's pee. Medium bodied with nice sweet grapefruit flavors. Good.
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11/5/2009 - chatters wrote: 79 Points
Wine-Ark Cellar Club Tasting 10 - November 2009. Josef Chromy, Giant Steps, Craggy Range (Roof Terrace Australian Museum): Nose: Gooseberry, gym armpit, layered over passion fruit
Mouth: dull & acidic. little fruit.
The nose was veering to the interesting side of Kiwi Sav Blanc but the mouth was terrible
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10/14/2009 - peternelson wrote: 89 Points
Joshua Tree: Good--grassy, frty; can’t remember
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10/13/2009 - Ombibulous wrote: 85 Points
Heavy cat pee flavour. Or maybe cat sweat. But there are complexity and depth. I almost taste some guanabana and perhaps even tamarind. Very good (84.5).
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8/22/2009 - jenslapinski wrote: 86 Points
This wine has an extremely nice nose of sweet dried fruit. Unfortunately, the acidity is extremely high, which makes enjoying this very tough. I was disappointed.
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8/20/2009 - jrwhitney6 wrote: 84 Points
pale color. less fruit than other NZ SBs, reminded me more of California SBs. Grassy, some grapefruit (but not much). Better values elsewhere.
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8/5/2009 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
More Sancerre in style as everything is toned back showing more restraint. It is a textural wine that will satisfy the typical ‘Savvy blanc’ drinker with some pungency of fruit but has shape and texture to satiate the ‘Chardy’ drinker as well.
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7/25/2009 - Tom_B wrote: 89 Points
Light straw in color, with a hint of green, with a very grassy nose. Bright grapefruit flavors, quite refreshing.
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7/23/2009 - Matt T wrote: 88 Points
This was really well balanced with nice minerality and floral, grapefruit, and lighter apricot, and peach flavors. A bit too acidic to pair with pizza, but still quite good. Classic New Zealand sauvignon blanc.
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5/25/2009 - smphelps wrote: 87 Points
Light in all respects. Light pale yellow color. Light faint grapefruit and green apples with some grass and berry. Light clean lingering barely tart finish. Good but certainly not remarkable.
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4/22/2009 - pgm wrote: 88 Points
Craggy Range Tasting Dinner (Pips - Las Vegas): Lots of grapefruit, with some tropical (lychee?) notes, backing it up, and just the slightest grassy/vegetal edge to it. It's tart, but not overly so, with gooseberry coming on in the mouth, with the grapefruit present all the way through to the finish.
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1/20/2009 - ctwomey wrote:
New Zealand Wine - Dublin Annual Trade and Customer Tasting (Radisson SAS, Dublin, Ireland): Medium finish, very difficult to judge as it was served too cold. Very expensive at €24.99 RRP.
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1/17/2009 - wineismylife wrote: 90 Points
DAWGS January 2009 - Wines from Down Under (BubbaP's house in Midlothian, TX): WIML90
Tasted January 17, 2009 at an offline.
Opened and served immediately. Light yellow color in the glass. clear hue throughout. Nose of grapefruit, grass and a bit of gooseberry. Flavors of grapefruit with a dash of lime. Light to medium acidity, light to medium body. Drink over the short term.
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9/12/2008 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - NZTrip - Hawkes Bay(2): {screwcap} The full spectrum of classic NZ sauvignon fruits is on display here, from the green fruit-asparagus style, right through to the tropical fruit salad. Crystal-like clarity on the palate; with a mix of sweet and sour fruit, sharp but not unnatural acid and – the clincher – a long persistent finish. Top shelf sauvignon, no question.
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