Posted: April 4, 2017
Fine green fruit aromas with floral/wild flower-like nuances. Elegant palate, good freshness and some complexity with very firm acid spine.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Wairau Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Grassy green aromas with a certain mintiness. Lovely mouthfeel; excellent tropical flavours.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Pioneer Block 3 43 Degrees Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A complexity of gooseberry fruit, citrus and pungent herbaceous notes on nose and palate.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Pioneer Block 2 Swamp Block Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Grassy herbal intensity to the nose. Soft simple palate with zingy fruit flavours and firm acidity.
Comments Off on Devils Corner Tasmania Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Attractive oaky style. Developed creamy biscuity aromas and almost chardonnay like palate.
Comments Off on Sidewood Estate Mappinga Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Great gooseberry aromas with hints of passionfruit. Lovely texture to the palate with excellent zesty fresh flavours that have a touch of sweetness.
Comments Off on Sidewood Estate Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very pretty aromatics – quite tight initially and very varietal. Excellent purity of fruit on a palate that has lovely zesty flavour freshness that is layered with lively acidity.
Comments Off on Shaw & Smith Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nose shows some passionfruit, toasty development and slight minerality. Palate is punchy and pungent with mouthfilling flavours.
Comments Off on Nobilo Regional Collection Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Exotic toasty development on the gooseberry nose. Creamy palate, great varietal flavours.
Comments Off on Oyster Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
The nose is all nettles with a certain pastille jubey like sweetness. Lovely palate, quite fresh and loaded with pungent varietal fruit flavours the linger long after the wine has gone.
Comments Off on Yealands Estate Winemakers Reserve Awatere Valley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Pungent bouquet – sweeter than some with more floral and pineapple-like characters. The palate is crisp and elegant with great varietal fruit concentration and excellent acidity.
Comments Off on Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Awatere Valley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nose had some tropics, some florals and a perfumed lift. The palate is a simple, crisp and slightly acidic.
Comments Off on Yealands Estate Land Made Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Intense pungent varietal bouquet of gooseberries and cut grass. A nice fresh hit of acid to the soft rounded palate. Holding up well.
Comments Off on Vavasour Awatere Valley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nice mineral character to the fresh floral nose. The palate is vibrant, fresh and zingy with strong tropical flavours.
Comments Off on The Crossings Awatere Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Typical New Zealand sauvignon blanc characters here with a refined, crisp nose of passionfruit, limes and stonefruits and slightly sweet warming palate. Good balance, great length.
Comments Off on Summerhouse Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Loads of pungent passionfruit and lime-like fragrances. Lovely flavour weight and length on the seamlessly balanced palate. High level of acidity but in balance.
Comments Off on Starborough Family Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A lovely fresh, vibrant and elegant style that’s water white in colour with loads of punchy aromas and lovely bright clean flavours underscored by lingering acidity. Very well balanced palate.
Comments Off on SOHO Stella Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nicely pungent canned pea and asparagus aromas leading to a rich, soft, full bodied palate that is offering good drinking now.
Comments Off on Roaring Meg Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Some lovely pale straw/lime hues, very lifted aromatically, bordering on pungent, with a palate that offers mouthfilling tropical flavours and a high acid finish.
Comments Off on Rapaura Springs Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Pungent passionfruit bouquet with a lovely, seamlessly balanced, palate brimming over with tropical flavours from beginning to end and showing a nice phenolic grip.
Comments Off on Rapaura Springs Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lovely pungent tropical aromas leap from the glass. The palate offers perfect balance between the sweetness and the intense passionfruit flavours.
Comments Off on Peter Yealands Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
The nose has pungent fruit with attractive leesy notes and floral nuances. Very punchy zesty fruit flavours that are balanced with lovely creamy phenolics.
Comments Off on Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Slightly subdued and lime-like nose and quite a fresh palate with some exotic characters.
Comments Off on Jackson Estate Stich Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
White, bright and elegant. Pretty floral/spring flower characters on the nose with some tropical notes. Lovely balance between fruit sweetness and the acidity.
Comments Off on Invivo Graham Nortons Own Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Subdued slightly minerally aromas and a soft, rich and ripe palate; some nice fruit notes.
Comments Off on Hunters Jane Hunter Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
An lovely combo of pungent tropics, leafy cassis and cut grass characters on the nose which follow through to the palate filling the mouth with long, lingering, pungent flavours.
Comments Off on Grove Mill Wairau Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A long lingering exotic style with some gooseberry fruit mixed with lovely toasty notes. Creamy and soft in the mouth
Comments Off on Giesen The Fuder Single Vineyard Dillons Point Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Pungent sweet fruit aromas with nice floral notes and long lively palate. Nice drink. Well made and hanging in well.
Comments Off on Giesen The Brothers Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Great colour, very youthful pungent/floral/passionfruit bouquet and a lovely fresh palate with lingering varietal flavours and a tight acid backbone. “A very well made wine”, noted one judge.
Comments Off on Giesen Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
The nose exhibits very attractive New Zealand varietal pungency underscored with some bright minerality. Lovely and fresh in the mouth with good rich flavours and great acidity.
Comments Off on Eradus Wines Awatere Valley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fresh youthful citrussy bouquet; a tad restrained. Good palate richness and nicely weighted varietal fruit with lovely crisp, fresh acid to balance.
Comments Off on Craggy Range Te Muna Road Martinborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Sweet gooseberry fruit style with a hint of rock melons on the nose and a very flavoursome, seamlessly balanced, varietally pure, palate.
Comments Off on Craggy Range Avery Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
The nose is vibrant and punchy with loads of passionfruit and sweet citrus aromas. Lovely fresh bright flavours extend along the entire length of the seamlessly balanced palate.
Comments Off on Howard Vineyard Clover Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Zesty punchy tropical aromas with a leafy touch and a vibrant bright palate with lovely balance of varietal flavours.
Comments Off on Howard Vineyard Picnic Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Slight advanced colour and nice tropics on the nose with slight herbaceousness. Lean palate; attractively varietal .
Comments Off on Te Awanga Estate Parkhill Road Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Floral sweetness to the nose. Simple palate, floral and creamy with nice phenolics.
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Coonawarra Fume Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Crisp high acid style with a kind of oily developed character and fresh snow pea fruit.
Comments Off on Wise Wine Leaf Series Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Toasty, slightly smoky nose with developing ripe stonefruit aromas and creamy flavours.
Comments Off on Singlefile Pemberton Fume Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Great colour, very fresh and youthful fresh cut grass aromas, lovely palate – balanced and even with good length of cut grass flavours.
Comments Off on Palmer Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very aromatic bouquet with tropical fruit characters leaning towards the vegetal spectrum. Lean, fresh and very pungent on the balanced palate with plenty of fruit and acidity.
Comments Off on Palmer Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very youthful wine with flowery/honeysuckle aromas and a well balanced lightweight palate.
Comments Off on Jacob’s Creek Reserve Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Smoky nettley bouquet with quite a lively fleshy palate and fine flavour concentration.
Comments Off on House of Cards The Joker Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A pungent, clean and lean New Zealand style of sauvignon blanc with intense varietal fruit characters, great zingy acid structure and incredible flavour length.
Comments Off on Wairau River Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Bright, slightly oaked, style with subtle creamy toasty aromas and the soft creamy palate starting to show some development.
Comments Off on Peccavi Estate Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A lovely crisp, lively and pungent tropical style. Hints of citrus on the nose and great concentration of flavours.
Comments Off on Mount Riley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A sort of caramel sweetness to the perfumed nose and a sweet fruit palate with soft acidity.
Comments Off on Sandalford Estate Reserve Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Smells slightly grassy and showing some development and a lean Loire palate.
Comments Off on Loire Loire Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nettle like aromas with a hint of the tropics. Very crisp palate that abounds in flavour.
Comments Off on Second Left Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Zesty fresh style with nettley/grassy varietal fragrances and very lively ‘tingly’ grassy/tropical palate.
Comments Off on Kaiora Bay Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A water white wine – lean and dry and very varietal with rich passionfruit aromas which follow through on to the lovely even/ balanced palate that offers great fresh and youthful flavours.
Comments Off on Kaiora Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017