Cart
Wine List Stats:
Last Updated: 09/09/08
Viewed: 2030 times
Last Updated: 09/09/08
Viewed: 2030 times
Some Highly Rated New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs
A wine list by Stephen Tanzer, Wine Writer, IWC
New Zealand's cool, ocean-influenced climate yields wines with admirable fruit intensity and crisp acidity. The U.S. market has developed a major thirst for New Zealand's juicy, fresh sauvignon blancs, which are mostly free of oak influence. These are generally sharply focused, unoaked wines, with bracing acidity, excellent fruit intensity and "cut," and a pungent citrus/grassy/herbal/peppery character not unlike sauvignon blancs from France's Loire Valley. The hub of sauvignon blanc production is the cool Marlborough region of New Zealand's South Island, the country's most important wine-producing area, with extensive plantings of sauvignon vines. Sauvignon blanc accounts for more than 75% of the New Zealand wine imported by the U.S.
Priced From: $21.99
Out of Stock
2006 Dog Point Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
91 points. Good pale color. Piquant aromas and flavors of gooseberry, grapefruit, minerals, flowers, mace and nutmeg, plus a resiny nuance. This dense, silky, ripe sauvignon combines generous texture with excellent inner-... more
Priced From: $17.99
Out of Stock
2006 Goldwater Estate Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough Dog Point
91 points. Bright, pale color. Complex nose offers grapefruit pith, grass, minerals, menthol and mint. Rich, tactile and expansive, with a generosity of texture to the flavors of grapefruit, lemon and brown spices. Perhap... more
Priced From: $16.99
Out of Stock
2006 Seresin Estate Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
91 points. Good bright, pale color. Pungent, cool aromas of grapefruit, white pepper, curry powder and brown spices; something riesling-like about this. Then juicy and penetrating yet surprisingly easy to drink, with shar... more
No Pricing Information
Out of Stock
2006 Saint Clair Sauvignon Blanc Wairau Reserve Marlborough
91 points. Pale, bright yellow. Pungent if tightly wound nose offers grapefruit pith, fresh pineapple, gooseberry and a light resiny quality. The grapefruit and pineapple fruit flavors are strong and high-pitched, giving this very intense wine a penetrating character rar... more
Priced From: $21.99
Out of Stock
2007 Dog Point Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
91 points. Very pale color. Pungent, nuanced nose combines tangerine, lemon, anise and pepper. Dense and sappy, with terrific breadth and depth to the ripe flavors of tangerine and Meyer lemon. Finishes broad and long, with noteworthy energy.
Priced From: $18.95
Out of Stock
2007 Seresin Estate Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
91 points. Pale, green-tinged yellow. Captivating aromas of lemon, lime and crushed stone, lifted by violet and jasmine. Densely packed but vibrant and high-pitched, with superb intensity and lift to the floral and mine... more
Priced From: $31.00
Out of Stock
2007 Pegasus Bay Sauvignon/Semillon Waipara Valley
92 points. Very pale yellow. Musky aromas of lemon-lime, lavender, spices and floral honey, with a slight leesiness adding complexity. Densely packed and opulent, but with very good cut to the pineapple and lees flavors. As fat as this is, it’s also classically dry an... more
No Pricing Information
Out of Stock
2007 Saint Clair Sauvignon Blanc Pioneer Block 3 Forty-Three Degrees Marlborough
91 points. Pale color. Fascinating, highly perfumed nose combines lime skin, capsicum, chlorophyll, dill and crushed stone. Dense, dry and aromatic, with compelling precision and intensity to the clean flavors of green melon, lime and pepper. Wonderfully incisive win... more
Priced From: $38.19
Out of Stock
2007 Seresin Estate Sauvignon Blanc Reserve Marlborough
91(+?) points. Pale color. Pungent aromas of citrus peel, violet, crushed stone, minerals and spices. Brisk yet quite ripe, with a captivating sweetness to the peppery sauvignon flavors. Thicker and more layered than the regular bottling but at the same time more pe... more
Average cost for wines on this list: $23.87