Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Region: Marlborough
Country: New Zealand
Year: 2022
Price: $12.99
Review: From the bottle: "A clean crisp style with hints of citrus and generous tropical fruit flavors."
My Take: This wine impressed me much more than I thought it would! I initially grabbed it off the shelf because Boyer said the New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc wines cranked out some funky flavors, and this one was no exception! Trying my first wine from the 2022 vintage (which makes sense because this wine came from the Southern Hemisphere and so their harvesting time is shifted up a few months) I was very appreciative of this wine. I will admit, the aromas I got from it once I poured smelled a little funky and I can't quite place them, but the taste was much better. Contrary to the bottle's description, I thought the citrus flavors were much more forward than the tropical fruit notes. I loved how light this wine is! I agree with WINE FOLLY Page 165, though, this wine is not very sweet at all. It was much drier when compared to the few white wines I've drunk. And this makes sense! It's alc/vol is 12.5%, which is much higher relative to most whites. Those yeasty critters got to work here!
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