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"Light & fruity, making it delightfully drinkable" Wine Orbit

"An excellent easy drinking Sauvignon Blanc. Love it" Black Market Member

An ideal lunchtime wine or aperitif

Whalebone Bay Marlborough Lighter Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Member rating / 50+
$8.49p/Btl
Erp $19.95 $17.35
Awarded 90/100 Points Awarded 4.5 Stars Black Market Exclusive Lighter Alcohol
Whalebone Bay Marlborough Lighter Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Whalebone Bay Marlborough Lighter Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Member rating / 50+
For those wanting a lower alcohol drink this is very pleasant drinking
$8.49p/Btl
Erp $19.95 $17.35

Accolades

Awarded 90/100 Points & 4.5 Stars

Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Feb 2023

Description

  • Dry style
  • Gooseberry
  • Tropical fruit
  • Zesty finish

"This is immediately appealing on the nose showing green apple, apricot, lemon zest and jasmine aromas, followed by a flavoursome palate offering vibrant mouthfeel backed by crisp acidity. It's light and fruity, making it delightfully drinkable" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Feb 2023

The palate is vibrant and well balanced, with flavours of gooseberry and tropical fruits with a zesty finish.

The fruit was sourced from selected vineyard sites in Marlborough. Fruit for this wine was picked up to six weeks earlier than normal, whilst sugar levels in the grapes were low. The resulting wine is naturally lighter in alcohol and displays fragrant aromas of tropical fruit and fresh citrus.

Fruit was harvested at optimum flavour intensity before the sugar levels became too high.  This allowed the production of a wine lower in alcohol but rich in flavour.  The grapes were machine harvested at cool temperature and process immediately to minimize skin contact.   The juice was cool fermented in stainless steel to retain varietal character and freshness. Perfect for drinking immediately or over the next three years.

Food Pairing: An ideal lunchtime wine or aperitif.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seal

Screw Cap

Payment

Alcohol

9.5%

Delivery

NZ (from $5.99)

Member Rating

4.5 Stars

User comments (54)

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David - 05/04/2024

K
Very nice and refreshing.

Karen - 27/03/2024

A
Lovely light wine

Alison - 04/03/2024

A very pleasant, light, easy drinking wine.

Anne - 31/01/2024

No after taste, nice drop.

Karen - 26/12/2023

M
Excellent for price

Marilyn - 08/12/2023

D
Very smooth and refreshing

Dawn - 06/12/2023

A lovely refreshing lower alcohol Sav Blanc - most impressed.

Jill - 17/11/2023

T
A very refreshing wine and enjoyable on all occassions. Certainly buy more

Trish - 12/11/2023

B
Very nice wine. Highly recommended

Bruce - 09/10/2023

A lovely light wine for the price.

Jan - 04/09/2023

very refreshing after a day in the garden

Marilyn - 03/09/2023

Very nice wine

Glenda - 02/09/2023

C
Very nice wine for the price

Carol - 01/09/2023

Really delicious wine. Excellent value for money

Carole - 27/08/2023

K
Very nice wine. Good value

Karen - 08/08/2023

Very drinkable

Myron - 04/08/2023

T
Lovely and refreshing

Trudy - 01/08/2023

Great flavor Quick delivery Always happy with Black market ??

Janine - 01/07/2023

Very nice low alchol wine. will definitely purchase again. Great price too.

Brenda - 20/06/2023

D
Excellent low alcohol wine

Di - 31/03/2023

J
For those wanting a lower alcohol drink this is very pleasant drinking, have reordered ??

Julie - 30/03/2023

N
Brilliant so much flavour

Norma - 16/03/2023

Great Drop. Very prompt delivery, great buy.

Frans - 13/03/2023

An excellent easy drinking Sauvignon Blanc. Love it.

Debbie - 08/03/2023

Another excellent wine from Blackmarket. A very nice wine for all occasions.

Leslie - 05/03/2023

i
I will purchase this again. Very enjoyable

isobelle - 16/03/2024

J
Another great light drop

Julia - 14/03/2024

M
My first 9.5% alc experience - really pleasant. Will buy again.

Maggie - 04/03/2024

M
Lovely wine, very prompt delivery.

Marilyn - 22/12/2023

S
A Sauvignon for easy and pleasant drinking at any time. So good I have just ordered my third carton.

Shona - 03/12/2023

N
Excellent value for money. Having changed over to lower alc wines finding some that aren’t overpriced is awesome

Nannette - 28/11/2023

J
A pleasant drop at a good price and wonderful that it is a local (NZ) product, even though it is low alcohol.

Jennifer - 20/11/2023

Very good price and nice wine

Debbie - 25/10/2023

P
A lovely crisp/clear low alcohol wine. Very good value

Peter - 02/10/2023

R
Really nice quaffing wine.

Rita - 26/09/2023

Have bought several lots of this wine...we so enjoy it very much

Jody - 25/09/2023

Not bad at all really drinkable at a good price for my first try of a lower alcohol wine.

Trevor & Margaret - 09/09/2023

C
Pleasant wine. A little light in flavour but easy to drink.

Cindi - 09/08/2023

C
A lovely fresh low-alcohol wine.

Carol - 30/06/2023

a glass a night is good for the soul

Diane - 18/06/2023

W
Very nice wine will order again

Wayne - 11/06/2023

G
Very nice and easy to drink

Gina - 06/06/2023

Great thanks!

Graham - 13/04/2023

Very nice wine, enjoy the crisp.

Christine - 27/03/2023

Great tasting wine.

Gary - 27/03/2023

K
A nice lower alcohol wine.

Kerrin - 19/03/2023

M
Nice

Marilyn - 16/03/2023

Awesome

Shirley - 13/03/2023

Very pleasant to drink second time ordered

Raymond - 02/03/2023

Great value. I wish more producers would make wine at this alcohol level. 13 and 14% is just too much.

David - 22/02/2023

B
Very nice wine

Barbara - 18/11/2023

C
There is nothing wrong with it, just an odd flavour, which we are not used to!!

Carol - 05/08/2023

D
Bit sweeter than I like

Donella - 17/04/2023


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