Saint Claire Sauvignon Blanc - Bottle
Colour
Pale green.
Nose
Intense tropical aromas of passionfruit, grapefruit and green apple with a hint of jalapeño pepper.
Mouth
Herbaceous, rich and weighty with flavours of white stone fruit, grapefruit pith and blackcurrant. The palate has a generous mouthfeel with a salty minerality and a clean fresh finish.
The Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough from Saint Clair of New Zealand's South Island presents a bright, pale yellow color in the swirled glass. The first nose of the Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough reveals of Gallia melon, mangoes and limes. The fruity parts of the bouquet are joined by sun-warmed rocks and forest floor.
This wine delights with its elegantly dry flavor. It was bottled with only 3.6 grams of residual sugar. This is a real quality wine, which clearly stands out from simpler qualities and so this New Zealander naturally enchants with the finest balance despite all dryness. Taste does not necessarily need a lot of residual sugar. On the palate, the texture of this balanced white wine is wonderfully velvety. Due to its present fruit acidity, the Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough is wonderfully fresh and lively on the palate. The final of this youthful white wine from the wine-growing region of New Zealand South Island, more precisely from Marlborough, finally convinces with beautiful reverberation.
Marlborough, New Zealand
The Marlborough wine region is by far New Zealand's largest, accounting for three quarters of the country's wine production, 70% of its vineyard area and 85% of its wine exports. A Geographical Indication in the north-east of the South Island, it covers the entire Marlborough District and the Kaikōura District of the Canterbury Region, but in practice the vineyards are concentrated around the Blenheim and Seddon townships. Internationally, Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is recognised as world class; wine writers such as Oz Clarke and George Taber have described it as the best in the world.
Marlborough was established in 2018 as a New Zealand geographical indication (GI) under new legislation.In the same year, several Marlborough wineries formed an incorporated society Appellation Marlborough Wine to administer a global label trademark and a certification process to further protect the integrity and quality standards of Marlborough wines. To qualify, wines must be made entirely from sustainably grown grapes from Marlborough, comply with cropping rates set annually, and be bottled in New Zealand. Starting with the 2022 vintage, qualifying wines must also be approved by an independent tasting panel.
