Mt Beautiful Sauv Blanc 08

A youthfully pale wine, this is tight and restrained with cooler expressions of Sauvignon Blanc, such as herbs and minerals over the English gooseberry varietal character, very much in the Awatere Valley style, only less exuberant. There is still no mistaking the wine as classical Sauvignon, but its refinement will enable it to be extremely versatile with seafoods, especially shellfish, creamy sauce chicken and pork dishes, all salads and goats cheeses. Cool fermented to 13.5% alc and 2.5 g/l residual sugar, this will drink well over the next 3-5 years. RC May 09

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