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2008 Villa Maria Estate Sauvignon Blanc Taylors Pass Vineyard Marlborough
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2008 Villa Maria Estate Sauvignon Blanc Taylors Pass Vineyard Marlborough

Producer: Villa Maria Estate
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Sauvignon Blanc
Origin: New Zealand
Region: New Zealand

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91 Points | International Wine Cellar , September/October 2009

($32) Pale yellow. Uncompromising aromas of fresh herbs and bell pepper. Then supple and densely packed, with a lush, tactile quality to the broad middle palate. Distinctly peppery but at the same time ripe and sweet. Finishes long and peppery, with very good cut. Quintessential Marlborough sauvignon blanc.

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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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Sauvignon Blanc

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