This is a great affordable wine. Nicely balanced, crisp and clean. Floral and citrus aroma with hints of pear and apple on the palate. Nice finish. At this price, it will be one of my favorite drinkers.
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Giant Wine Sale & Tasting Cellar on Greene, Columbia, SC 9/24/2011: I was never a big fan of that New Zealand style of exotic, overpowering grass, and "eau de gato" winemaking. It seems that, at least the wines that make it into our neighborhood from New Zealand, are now more rounded and subtle. They still pack a bunch of intense flavors and aromas. This one seems to be nice combination of those exotic characteristics, and a more mainstream flavor profile. There is still plenty of that herbal grassiness. The cat is still in the building. Lots of palate cleansing, refreshing acid. There is sensibly controlled amount of guave, passion fruit, melon, grapefruit and other tropical and citrus fruit. Spicy. Medium plus bodied. Long, stony, mineral finish. Nice job.
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Straw color. Pungent nose: grapefruit, passionfruit, and guava fruit framed by white flowers, asparagus, lemongrass, and wet chalk. Medium body on the palate: assertive grapefruit and guava with lemongrass, basil, lime peel, and chalk. Aggressive acidity. Lingering chalk, lime peel, and basil on the long dry finish. Very expressive. A little drier and racier than the previous couple of vintages. Impressive value as usual.
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8/21/2012 - talnelso wrote: 90 Points
This is a great affordable wine. Nicely balanced, crisp and clean. Floral and citrus aroma with hints of pear and apple on the palate. Nice finish. At this price, it will be one of my favorite drinkers.
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11/2/2011 - Packerpatriot wrote: 90 Points
Nice and tart. Paired well with sweet pumpkin tartlets.
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10/12/2011 - corkdork15 wrote: 90 Points
Awesome very fresh effervescent lime grass great wine
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9/24/2011 - Mike Kopanski wrote: 89 Points
Giant Wine Sale & Tasting Cellar on Greene, Columbia, SC 9/24/2011: I was never a big fan of that New Zealand style of exotic, overpowering grass, and "eau de gato" winemaking. It seems that, at least the wines that make it into our neighborhood from New Zealand, are now more rounded and subtle. They still pack a bunch of intense flavors and aromas. This one seems to be nice combination of those exotic characteristics, and a more mainstream flavor profile. There is still plenty of that herbal grassiness. The cat is still in the building. Lots of palate cleansing, refreshing acid. There is sensibly controlled amount of guave, passion fruit, melon, grapefruit and other tropical and citrus fruit. Spicy. Medium plus bodied. Long, stony, mineral finish. Nice job.
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9/20/2011 - jsums wrote: 90 Points
Straw color. Pungent nose: grapefruit, passionfruit, and guava fruit framed by white flowers, asparagus, lemongrass, and wet chalk. Medium body on the palate: assertive grapefruit and guava with lemongrass, basil, lime peel, and chalk. Aggressive acidity. Lingering chalk, lime peel, and basil on the long dry finish. Very expressive. A little drier and racier than the previous couple of vintages. Impressive value as usual.
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