Wine details
| Name: | Wither Hills Sauvignon Blanc |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Region: | Marlborough |
| Winery: | Wither Hills |
| Type: | White wine |
| Grape: | Sauvignon Blanc |
| Vintage: | 2006 |
| Average rating: |  |
| Cost: |  |
| Added by: | ricard |
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| lively fruity zesty citrus apple | ||
| New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc has become world famous for very good reasons - many of the wines are superb. This one is relatively unimpressive. It's a professional effort, but it lacks depth and complexity. It has a pleasant, lively nose of gooseberry. On the palate it's got a lovely feel of zesty citrus fruit and some other notes of apricot and perhaps almond, but no other discernible dimension. Length is quite short. Overall a well-made wine which could be fun with fresh white fish, but little to remark on. | ||
| Fish, light salad | ||
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| 1273 days ago |
Comments on this wine experience
mark wrote this 1273 days agoGood sign that we are leaving winter behind by drinking more whites. Drinking a lot of sauvignon blancs at the moment - will probably give this one a miss though.
ricard wrote this 1273 days agoIndeed! I should add that this wine was also quite expensive, retailing typically at £8.50. NZ SB is often pricey, but if it's great, £8-10 is good value for money. You can get better South African SBs for less than £6.00.
david wrote this 1272 days agoI was waiting for this wine to be added. There has been some claims and counter claims surrounding this wine and in particular this vintage. I have attached a link to the Wither Hills website so you can see the story from their side.
http://www.witherhills.co.nz/openletter.html
ricard wrote this 1272 days agoOh dear! I had no idea I was tasting a "controversial" wine. I just picked it up at Waitrose because it was on offer. Well it's a very agreeable wine, no doubt about that. It's got good structure and body and a lively acidity. But the thing is, there are so many outstanding NZ SBs out there, that the benchmark is set very high, and consequently one expects to see something that's either in the "classic" category (such as Cloudy Bay) or a wine that's interesting or original. There are some gushing customer reviews for Wither Hills on the Oddbins site - I'll try it again I think, but one shouldn't be afraid to stick to one's guns...
http://www.oddbins.com/products/productdetail.asp?productcode=36252