Michael Cooper's Best White Wine Buy of the Year!
Sweetly-fruited with pungent grapefuit, rock-melon, passionfruit & lime
Enjoy with a caramelised onion & goats cheese tart
Villa Maria Cellar Selection Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2019
Villa Maria Cellar Selection Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2019
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Awarded Best Buy: Best White of the Year
Michael Cooper
Awarded 4.5 Stars
Buyer's Guide, 20 Best Buys of the Year 2019
Description
"Ripely scented, it is weighty and sweet-fruited, with deep, vibrant passionfruit/lime flavours and a crisp, dry, long finish" Buyer's Guide
Capturing the essence of Marlborough, this Cellar Selection Sauvignon Blanc is a blend of selective vineyards from both the Wairau and Awatere Valleys. Pungent herbal aromas lead into a juicy palate bursting with zesty grapefruit and rock-melon, with a round weighty finish.
Vineyard blocks from the warmer Wairau Valley are chosen to express concentrated riper tropical Sauvignon Blanc notes, whereas the cooler windier Awatere Valley takes longer to ripen producing dominant herbal and bell pepper characters. Fruit set in the cool spring weather was lower than usual, resulting in the development of open bunches with small fl avourful berries. From January onwards, Marlborough experienced a summer of the century, with a spell of long hot dry weather with moderately cool nights providing the perfect environment to ensure physiological and flavour ripeness whilst retaining freshness.
The Sauvignon Blanc grapes destined for this Cellar Selection wine were harvested in cool night temperatures to protect the aromatics. Clear juice is slowly fermented in stainless steel tanks using selected aromatic yeast strains. The wine is left to mature on yeast lees for a period of time to build palate weight and texture into the wine, without compromising freshness.
Food Pairing: Enjoy with a caramelised onion & goats cheese tart
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Always an excellent Marlborough product. Great value.
Dorothy - 04/04/2020
Best winery in NZ
Peter - 30/12/2019
Definitely well-priced and one we will order again
Heather - 21/04/2020
Excellent - why this is my second purchase of this wine
Robert - 14/02/2020
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