Wine Companion Magazine: The Sauvignon Factor
Author: Ben Thomas Source: Wine Companion Date: 1 December 2017 The Sauvignon Factor There can be so much more to sauvignon blanc than meets the eye. We talk to
Author: Ben Thomas Source: Wine Companion Date: 1 December 2017 The Sauvignon Factor There can be so much more to sauvignon blanc than meets the eye. We talk to
In the 2015 edition of James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion Terre à Terre was once again rated a 5 red star producer with the following
The use of oak and extended lees contact, including battonage, has contributed to a wine with texture and a deep complexity. Like the crisp fine
Like a white Graves, this has dominant oak in its youth and needs time. It’s lively and very dry to taste with citrusy flavours and
Increasingly proving itself as a contender for best Sauvignon Blanc in Australia. Subtle wood and lees work lends luxurious texture and complexity. Gentle curves aside,
Backstory: nominated by Patrick Schmitt, The Drinks Business – A good example of oaked Sauvignon from the New World, although the wine has yet to
Light straw-yellow colour, with an oak-driven bouquet, which has cashew and toasted-nut barrel aromas uppermost and crowding out the fruit expression at this stage. It’s
Here’s a sauvignon blanc that’s so stylish you quickly forget it’s sav blanc at all – it’s very much its own wine. It’s from a
I’ve had this several times now and each month it gets better. Pine/passionfruit nose is super expressive, though the fruit is fighting with the oak
SAUVIGNON blanc lived a peaceful existence in France until Robert Mondavi, the Napa Valley’s doyen of winemakers, planted it, fermented it in barrel and called
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