PALLISER ESTATE SAUVIGNON BLANC
Screw Cap
Serious Martinborough style Sauvignon Blanc. Elegant, subtle and textural.
Martinborough, New Zealand
2020
13.5% ABV.
100% Sauvignon Blanc
75cl
£19.95
Price includes VAT
Tasting notes:
Brilliant, light straw-yellow colour with pale gold suggestions, pale on the rim.
The nose is softly full and voluminous with well-concentrated and refined aromas of ripe tropical fruit entwined with passionfruit, harmoniously melded with fresh and dark herbs and subtle white floral nuances.
Mouthwatering, dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate is elegantly proportioned with vibrant and lively, piquant passionfruit flavours with fresh herb detail. The palate possesses refreshing, crisp acidity lending poise and vitality, and the wine flows along a fine line, leading to a luscious, thirst-quenching finish with fine, dry textures. This is a vibrant and lively, elegantly proportioned Sauvignon Blanc with a voluminous nose and finely concentrated flavours of passionfruit, herbs and florals on a mouthwatering palate.
About the wine:
Fruit from the ‘Palliser’, ‘Clouston’ and ‘East Base’ vineyards, cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 12.4% alc., the wine spending 4 months on lees
About the producer:
Pioneers and part of New Zealand’s wine-growing heritage, Palliser estate harvested their first grapes in 1989 and started exporting in 1991. Ever since they have won world-wide recognition for the consistency and outstanding quality of their wines, picking up a whole string of competition gold medals (eighty to date) along the way, not to mention the accolade of being voted Exporter of the Year by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.
To capitalise on the fabulous terroir here, the sun-baked terrace, the old river plain and loamy free-draining soil, the estate has a highly-skilled winemaker/viticulturist in Allan Johnson who has been with Palliser since 1991. This dual role allows him to have complete control of the wine-producing process from grape to bottle. The philosophy here is to work towards high quality fruit and produce wines of elegance and a sense of place, in as environmentally friendly a way as possible. The success of their wine-producing policy gained recognition in 1998 when they one of the first three wineries in the world to be certified to International Environmental Standard ISO 14001.
Food match:
Serve this lovely white with exotic seafood, shellfish or a lovely bit of goats cheese.
