Advantages: Excellent wine for good price Disadvantages: addictive!
Being a kiwi it is natural that I drink plenty of New Zealand wine and indeed I do, too much perhaps! This wine comes from the Malborough region of New Zealand, which lies at the top of the South Island at a lattitude equivalent to about mid Spain. It is a relatively dry area, with good (2400hrs per annum) sunshine hours. Summer day temperatures would average about 23degC with winter days being around 12-15 degC, frosts are rare and not severe. Ideal for the Sauvignonblanc grape then.
This grape is said to grow best in cool climates, and compared to the searing heat that continental regions such as France and the US get in the summer, Malborough is "cool".
The Montana name originated in 1934 when a Yugoslavian immigrant planted a grape vine near some mountains near Auckland NZ (montana meaning mountain). Thirty years later his two ...
Advantages: Refreshing, good aperitif, well balanced Disadvantages: Only at M&S
Yes, Chilean SauvignonBlanc strikes successfully home on my palate yet again. Not surprising as Chile really seems to be hitting the mark so often these days with this type of wine. The good example in question was Secano Estate SauvignonBlanc, vintage 2006, available at Marks and Spencer for £6.99 (sometimes it is discounted !). Like its Pinot Noir sister it is from the Leyda Valley in Chile made by Vina Leyda for M&S. The cool climate nature of the Leyda Valley apparently allows the production of fresh and elegant SauvignonBlanc. Well, let?s see !
Settling in last night in front of a DVD I uncorked this little number (no screwcaps yet for Vina Leyda) and while the previews ran tasted it at leisure. It was a clear and delicate, pale lemon colour, typical for a young and fresh SauvignonBlanc. The aromas from the wine were quite ...
Advantages: great with or without food Disadvantages: none
SauvignonBlanc is a favourite wine of mine and a New Zealand from the Marlborough region is definitely my favourite. Seemingly the Marlborough Region in the north of the South Island in New Zeland is the best growing region for this wine, the perfect temperature and right climate. And I can't argue with any of the ones that come out of this region - and believe me i have tried many. the MarlboroughSauvignonBlanc is supposedly has a completely unique flavour from any other other region in the world.
The Montana MarlboroughSauvignonBlanc comes highly recommended and has been made since 1979 and retails at between £7.50 - £8.00 from most major supermarkets. It is a fresh and fruity wine that has gooseberry and tropical fruit overtones and not too dry. It is a very drinkable wine perfect with chicken or fish as well as drinking ...
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