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2008 Pegasus Bay Sauvignon/Semillon Waipara Valley
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2008 Pegasus Bay Sauvignon/Semillon Waipara Valley

Producer: Pegasus Bay
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Sauvignon Blanc
Origin: New Zealand
Region: New Zealand

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90(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , September/October 2009

($29) Bright green-tinged yellow. Captivating scents of lime, underripe pineapple, tarragon, smoke and beeswax. Rich, tactile and quite dry, combining brisk citrus notes with a slightly sweaty saline element; shows a light note of bitter citrus pith that reminded me of Muscadet. This distinctly grown-up wine is slow to open. Give it 6 to 12 months to absorb its CO2 Finishes with noteworthy persistence.

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New Zealand's ocean-influenced climate--markedly cooler than that of its neighbor Australia--yields wines with admirable fruit intensity and crisp acidity. Fully two-thirds of New Zealand's wine production is white, and more than half of the wine it ships to America is Sauvignon Blanc. The U.S. market has developed a major thirst for these juicy, fresh New Zealand Sauvignons, which are mostly free of oak influence. But New Zealand Pinot Noir, too, is growing...
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