"Exuberant gooseberry flavours complement the banana/pineapple flavours"
4.5 Stars (90 Points): Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
"It's intense on the nose showing passionfruit, peach, pineapple and herbaceous characters. The palate is vibrant and full with excellent fruit richness and bright acidity leading to a lovely refreshing finish. The wine shows great intensity, and is very approachable too. At its best: now to 2014." Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
"Nicely aggressive and strong style this year, gutsy and racy with plenty of spine. Tastes dry so food-friendly. A sprightly style, refreshing and tasty. Will be well suited to warm-weather sipping and snacks and will match up with food from the sea as well - through 2012. A wine best not over-chilled." Peter Saunders, Nov 2011
Exuberant gooseberry flavours complement the banana/pineapple flavours to form this refreshing wine which has a zingy acidity creating a crisp wine that can be enjoyed now or over the next two years.
Early summer was a period of consistently dry weather, long warm days and cool nights. With good healthy vines and strong summer growth, crop loads were managed by shoot and fruit thinning. In March we saw a quick cool southerly blast with some rain pass through which slowed down the ripening, a lot of work was done to reduce the leaf shading of the fruit. The weather cleared to the warm days and cool nights that Marlborough is well known for, this caused a longer growing season - ideal for the Sauvignon Blanc and aromatics. The fruit was picked on its flavour balance with slightly lower sugar levels, strong intense flavours and good crisp acidity.