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Marks & Spencer Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2009

22 November 2010
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Sauvignon Blanc New Zealand Marlborough Estate Marks & Spencer Mixed Case £45 Screw Top 13.5% Picnic Time! The great outdoors beckons with this Sauvignon Blanc from the Marlborough Estate on New Zealand’s South Island. A little fact for you is that not one vineyard on the South Island is more than 80 miles from the [...]

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Vina Maipo Gran Devocion Sauvignon Blanc 2009

7 November 2010
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Chilean wines often seem to exude an exciting quality. A certain spiciness perhaps, stemming from the exotic nature of their country of origin. Maybe it’s mere word association altering my perceptions, but there’s something about drinking a wine grown in this far-off clime – with its stark mountains, clear air and alpacas bleating into the [...]

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Nederburg Winemaster’s Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2010

2 November 2010
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Nederburg is probably the most famous South African wine estate, not least because it is the most decorated. Established in 1792 in the Paarl Valley it hosts the biggest wine auction in South Africa every year, which is open to any producer who’s wine passes the stringent selection process and includes Nederburg’s own wines. They [...]

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Dog Point 2008 Sauvignon Blanc

30 October 2010
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Not quite like any Sauvignon Blanc I’ve tasted, this one; but before tasting: a wet, autumn field smell as much damp and dewy as it is grassy and mulchy – it takes me right back to walking to school as the lawn-mower man was cutting the field on his big field-cutting machine. Would that happen [...]

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Elgin Vintners Sauvignon Blanc 2008

17 October 2010
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Better known for the production of fruit – particularly apples and pears – the Elgin Valley is just 70km from Cape Town and is rapidly gaining a reputation for premium quality wines. Elgin Vintners is a partnership of 6 independent wine growers in the Elgin Valley who take advantage of the cool climate to produce [...]

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Montana Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2009

16 August 2010
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This is one tangy wine. Pour it into your mouth and you’ll get a zinging, citrus powered kick that seizes your unsuspecting taste-buds and gets them leaping about with joyful abandon. It’s a hefty dose, full of grapefruit and gooseberry (the label insists there’s capsicum in there as well). The flavour touches the front of [...]

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2008 Casa Marin ‘Cipreses’ Sauvignon Blanc

9 August 2010
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There we go: Chile – possibly my favourite wine-producing nation in the New World – has gone and done what even New Zealand hasn’t so far managed, and converted me to the wily ways of the Sauvignon Blanc grape. All of my former criticisms of this particular white wine grape have gone out the window [...]

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Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2009

2 August 2010
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Sauvignon Blanc used to grow wild in the South of France and its smell has been unfavourably compared to cat pee. That stands to reason, doesn’t it? ‘Sauvignon’ from ‘Sauvage‘, meaning ‘Wild’ in plain, civilised English. And you could hardly compare something favourably to the smell of cat pee, could you? If there’s one grape [...]

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Canepa Novisimo Sauvignon Blanc 2009

17 March 2010
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ABV: 13% Closure: Screw Top Serving Temp: 10ºC to 12ºC Price: £9.99 approx Retailer: Naked Wines After unscrewing the bottle I took a ‘sniff’ and was hit in the nose immediately with the smell of pears with a hint of grapefruit. My kind of wine I thought and I was not disappointed. It is a [...]

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Oxford Landing Sauvignon Blanc

26 February 2010
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Retailer: CO-OP (Wine of the month) Price: £3.99 Closure: Screw Top ABV: 11% Suitable for vegans A classic Sauvignon Blanc with the flavour of ripe gooseberries and green apples on the nose followed by a clean crisp acidity and a refreshing finish on the palate. I drank it well chilled with friends over lunch (toasted [...]

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ALTA Sauvignon Blanc 2008

22 December 2009
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Colour: Very pale lemon yellow. Scents: Passionfruit and peach. Taste: Zesty and very fresh, this young Sauv Blanc has a hint of sweetness that makes it incredibly drinkable. Hints of lemongrass and melon. ABV: 13%

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