"Lively & vibrant" Wine Orbit
"Classically expressed & highly enjoyable" Wine Orbit
Delightful when paired with fresh green-lipped mussels or Caesar salad
Gale Force Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017
Gale Force Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017
Accolades
Awarded 91/100 Points & 4.5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, May 2018
Description
- Passionfruit
- Feijoa
- Ripe gooseberry
- Stone fruits
"It is intensely aromatic on the nose showing passionfruit, feijoa, lemon/lime zest and green apple characters. The palate is lively and vibrant, delivering excellent fruit purity and intensity, brilliantly supported by fine texture and mouth-watering acidity. Classically expressed and highly enjoyable" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, May 2018
"Grown in the Awatere Valley, this is an aromatic, strongly herbaceous style, still fresh and lively. Crisp, with punchy, dry, green capsicum-like flavours, it’s ready to roll. Fine value" Michael Cooper, Mar 2019
The Awatere Valley of Marlborough is a relatively new grape growing region of New Zealand. The most powerful element this valley has upon vines is the wind. Predominantly from the West, these winds drive through the valley from any direction and quite often reach Galeforce intensity. Galeforce winds are very unnatural for vines and they expend all their energy into producing the juiciest fruit with the most flavour for the birds to spread their seed. The fruit is harvested before the birds can get to them.
Trapped in the bottle are Galeforce aromas of ripe gooseberry and passion fruit, whilst the palate is intense and layered with nettles, stone fruits and subtle minerality with balanced acidity providing a long lingering finish.
The fruit was Machine harvested and handled as gently as possible once in the winery to preserve any of the vibrant fruit flavours. Fermentation was completed under cool conditions in Stainless Steel and stopped once there was a natural balance between any residual sugar and the zesty acidity of the Awatere.
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Nice wine. Fantastic service. Thank you
Julie - 07/04/2020
Great wine & great service - we often order red at the same time from a competitor. Black market always delivers faster. Just in time for Xmas. Cheers
Merryn - 31/12/2019
Vivacious little number, easy drinking with mild acidity and perfect for summer. Excellent value.
Neil - 14/11/2019
Great wine to drink while eating crayfish bodies and 5 dozen Bluff oysters and white bait fritters
Gary - 03/09/2019
A refreshing crisp sav blanc with strong flavour of gooseberries. Great VFM and will definitely buy again
Mike - 27/04/2019
Great
chris - 11/03/2019
Very pleasant
Corinne - 07/04/2020
I am not a wine connoisseur,but am really enjoying this wine.Must confess that I have never received a wine from Blackmarket that I have been disappointed with
Bill - 03/04/2020
A pleasure to have with dinner .
Noliene - 27/02/2020
well priced
Steve - 24/02/2020
Nice light sauv
Gary - 17/02/2020
Very enjoyable wine
Claire - 29/01/2020
Very dry and palatable
Graeme - 20/01/2020
It was great value for money--------will order another box
Mike - 10/12/2019
Lively and likeable
Warwick - 01/11/2019
As above
linda - 04/10/2019
Very easy to drink, if a little bland.
Rod - 04/09/2019
Had it before Nice wine
Gordon - 11/04/2019
We have purchased this Sauvignon Blanc three times now and find it very enjoyable and good value for money.
Margaret - 18/02/2019
Atop line quaffer.
Peter - 17/03/2020
Is Ok but not the best I have tried.
Caroline - 30/09/2019
A little too sweet for my liking, but very good value
Lorraine - 09/09/2019
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