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Gary Walsh92 points
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2019
- Brand Punt Road
- Cellaring Ready, but will Keep
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
Airlie Bank Sauvignon Blanc 2019"A fairly vigorous fruit thinning was called for in 2019, with about 20% of th..."$19.99 -
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- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2020
- Brand Andre Dezat
- Cellaring 3-5 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 12.5% Alcohol
Andre Dezat Sancerre 2020"The DEZAT family is one of the oldest wine-growing families in Sancerre. Refe..."$54.99 -
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Bob Campbell MW95 points
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Cameron Douglas94 points
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Michael Cooper5 points
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2019
- Brand Astrolabe
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 13.5% Alcohol
Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc 2019"Considered to be one of New Zealand's finest producers, Astrolabe have built ..."$26.00 -
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Bob Campbell MW95 points
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Cameron Douglas94 points
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Michael Cooper5 points
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2020
- Brand Astrolabe
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 13.5% Alcohol
Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc 2020"Considered to be one of New Zealand's finest producers, Astrolabe have built ..."$26.00 -
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- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2019
- Brand Domaine Jean-Paul Balland
- Cellaring 3-5 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 12.5% Alcohol
Balland Sancerre 2019"Domaine Jean-Paul Balland is a family estate owned and run by Jean-Paul and M..."$41.99 -
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2017
- Brand Rod McDonald Wines
- Cellaring Drink Now
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
Bennett & Darcy Sauvignon Blanc 2017"Made to be enjoyed while young and fresh."$14.99 -
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2020
- Brand None
- Cellaring Drink Now
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 12.5% Alcohol
Black Cottage Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020"This Sauvignon Blanc is sourced from lower-yielding vineyards on the hillside..."$20.99 -
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2021
- Brand None
- Cellaring Drink Now
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 12.5% Alcohol
Black Cottage Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021"This Sauvignon Blanc is sourced from lower-yielding vineyards on the hillside..."$20.99 -
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2022
- Brand None
- Cellaring Drink Now
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 12.5% Alcohol
Black Cottage Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022"This Sauvignon Blanc is sourced from lower-yielding vineyards on the hillside..."$20.99 -
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2016
- Brand Clos Henri
- Cellaring 1-3 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 13.5% Alcohol
Clos Henri 'Petit Clos' Sauvignon Blanc 2016"Chalky and flinty mineral notes are followed by citrus, capsicum and pretty w..."$34.99 -
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2017
- Brand Clos Henri
- Cellaring 3-5 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Clos Henri Sauvignon Blanc 2017"A ripe tropical and citrus bouquet, with underlying flinty minerality. In the..."$59.99
Sauvignon Blanc is a white grape, that has become incredibly popular, with increased plantings in Australia over the last 10 years. It grows best in the cooler wine regions.
Yarra Valley, Adelaide Hills, Margaret River, Orange in New South Wales and Tasmania are all regions which produce wonderful examples of Sauvignon Blanc. The coolest vintages have “grassy”, gooseberry characters, whereas, warmer vintages show more passionfruit flavour, but still with the trademark zingy acidity. In Margaret River, Sauvignon Blanc is often blended with Semillon, this creates a perfect partnership and a fuller style of wine. In New Zealand, Cloudy Bay in the 1980s began producing stunning Sauvignon Blanc wines with extraordinarily intense nettly, gooseberry, and asparagus fruit, that set Marlborough firmly on the world wine map. Today Sauvignon Blanc is now New Zealand's trademark grape.
Sauvignon Blanc is an important white grape in France, especially Bordeaux and the Loire Valley. It thrives on the gravelly soils of Bordeaux, where it is blended with Sémillon to produce Bordeaux Blancs and Cru Classé White Graves. Elsewhere in Bordeaux, it is also blended with Sémillon, to produce the amazing dessert wines of Sauternes. In the Loire Valley and particularly on the chalky soils found in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé. The wines produced are very different to New World equivalents, they tend to be less pungent, more restrained, mineral with smoky, gunflint notes.
After initial problems, it is now grown very successfully in Chile. The wines are almost halfway between the Loire and New Zealand in terms of fruit character.