Cloudy Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, Wairau Valley, New Zealand, 2021
100% Sauvignon Blanc with 4% aged in oak before bottling.
The brand new release of the world's most famous Sauvignon is here!
The 2021 vintage was a difficult one with frosts reducing the yields of Sauvignon Blanc by 30% at Cloudy Bay and many others across New Zealand. Ripening of the fruit was excellent with the quality of the 2021 harvest, according to John Flanagan, Cloudy Bay’s viticulturist, being remarkable for Sauvignon Blanc.
Intensely concentrated, it is a fresh, vibrant wine with grapefruit, passionfruit, makrut lime leaf on the nose and layers of lime, lemongrass and stone fruit flavours on the palate. Tangy, salty acidity keeps everything fresh and this Cloudy Bay is an example of the later harvesting that's in place now to help develop a riper fruit profile with less of the pyrozene (cat's pee) and green pepper notes of the past.
"Aromatically quite mineral and very agreeably dry and chalky on the finish. The residual sugar is entirely hidden by the acidity; there's not a trace of apparent sweetness. Very forward and approachable now. Good job! Fresher than many a Sancerre 2020… It's no bargain but it's reliably good."
17/20 points, Jancis Robinson, JancisRobinson.com, December 2021
"Wow, a classic, where the aromas seem to leap from the glass. There's passionfruit flower, red capsicum, citrus peel, Thai basil, lemon verbena and a distinctive smoky note. A powerful wine with excellent concentration, length and drive, vivacious, tangy freshness and a long, saline finish. A benchmark wine."
96/100 points, New Zealand Wine Rater, 2021
Drink with fish, particularly salmon, and seafood.
About Frazier Jones Wine Merchants:
Fraziers are one of the leading wine merchants in the Midlands, with a Wine warehouse in Shirley, near Solihull. We serve both private customers and wholesale businesses and thanks to our eclectic range of stock our customers come from all over the world.
We’re looking forward to serving the local and wider wine buying public for many years – and generations – to come.
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Location:
2 Stirling Road,
Solihull, Shirley,
Birmingham
Solihull
B90 4NE
