Spy Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2011 75cl

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£68.33

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Colour
White
Vintage
2011
Producer
Spy Valley
Country
NEW ZEALAND
Region
MARLBOROUGH
Alcohol
13.5%
Product code
15SPY1B2011
Availability
In Stock
Grape Variety
100% Sauvignon Blanc

Tasting Notes

Classic NZ Sauvignon characters of gooseberry and asparagus, with ripe melon really delicately balanced and at the same time deliciously quaffable. A class act.

Vinification Details.

After picking and gently pressing each vineyard parcel was tank fermented, using selected yeast strains. At the end of fermentation the wines were aged on the yeast lees for several months prior to blending and bottling.

Producer Information

Named after the satellite listening post located over the road from the winery, Spy Valley is in the Waihopai Valley in Marlborough. Happily for us they appear more interested in fine wine than exploding cigars, and recent vintages have seen the winery's trophy cabinet filled to bursting. Like most Marlborough wineries, Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc are Spy Valley specialties but winemaker Ant Mackenzie and his team also make a great range of aromatic whites including Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris. Their quality was recognised in March 2007 when the winery became the first ever producer to win four trophies in the same year at the Sydney Wine Show.

Regional info.

Spy Valley Wines is situated on the sunny southern side of Marlborough's Wairau Valley. Bryan and Jan Johnson established the first of their 380 acres of estate vineyards in 1993, and were pioneers in what was then a Marlborough sub-region.

From vintage 2000, wine was produced and sold under the Spy Valley label. The unusual name is derived from the presence of a huge satellite communications monitoring station nearby; hence the nickname Spy Valley!

More information

ageing potential

1-3 years

residual sugar

4.5g/l

vegetarians

food match

Seafood platter

soil

Shallow and stony soils with overlying sandy loam

wine ph

3.26

makers name

Paul Bourgeois

total acidity

8g/l

organic

vegans