2012 Spier Creative Block 2

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 88.5 points

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  10/13/2014 - Lilja Likes this wine: 87 Points

  BYOB HT14#2; 10/12/2014-10/13/2014: #BYOB - Classic Sauvignon blanc nose. Green grass, elderflower, asparagus, grapey and some rubber mineral. High acidity, but with less edges than the white Burgundies that came right before it. More fruit, rounder, fuller body with a good length and just a tad warm finish. The bigger impression had me thinking new world but couldn't get further than that.
  
  No big fan of the SB nose in general and even though this is a very good wine I wouldn't go look for it.
  
  Just now looking it up properly this is apparently a white Bordeaux aspirant with 80% SB and 20% Semillon. Beats me why they just don't bottle it in a Bordeaux bottle then! The wine spent 5 months on its lees but without any contact with oak whatsoever.

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