90 Parker Punkte Lisa Perrotti Brown: The 2010 Sauvignon Blanc gives intense notes of apple slices, ripe grapefruit, fresh nectarines and passion fruit with just a hint of pea pods. Medium bodied, crisp and clean in the mouth, it has very good concentration, a pleasant suggestion of creaminess to the texture and a long finish. Drink it now through 2013. 11,50 EUR incl. 19 % UST exkl. 15,33 EUR pro Liter
87 Parker Punkte Lisa Perrotti Brown: The 2010 Cellar Selection Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc gives intense notes of ripe grapefruit, white peaches and sage with a hint of lemon zest. Medium bodied with mouth-filling citrus and fresh herb flavors, it has lively, balanced acidity and a long finish. Drinking now, it should remain fresh through 2013.
Als 2010er 91 Parker Punkte - 2011er noch nicht bewertet. Lisa Perrotti Brown: 20% of Dog Point’s 2010 Sauvignon Blanc was naturally fermented. It offers expressive notes of fresh grapefruit, lemon zest, kumquat and under-ripe pineapple with hints of bay leaf, fennel seed and baking bread. Medium bodied with a wonderful concentration of citrus, tropical and spice flavors, it gives a great backbone of refreshing acidity and a long yeasty finish. Drink it now to 2014. 14,50 EUR incl. 19 % UST exkl. 19,33 EUR pro Liter
Winemaker Kevin Judd - ehemals Cloudy Bay 90 Parker Punkte Lisa Perrotti Brown: Ten percent of the 2010 Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc was naturally fermented in old French barriques. It offers pronounced notes of pink grapefruit, guava and lime slices with hints of fresh sage and chalk dust. Medium bodied with mouth-filling citrus and tropical flavors and a hint of silkiness to the texture, it has lively acidity and a long finish with some herbal nuances coming through. Drink it now through 2013.
88 Parker Punkte Lisa Perrotti Brown: The 2010 Sauvignon Blanc has a good intensity of gooseberry, pea pod and fresh lime juice aromas with hints of grapefruit, fresh herbs and wet pebbles. Medium bodied, dry and very crisp in the mouth, it offers a decent amount of pure green apple and herbal flavors, finishing long. Drinking nicely now, it should remain fresh through 2013. 19,40 EUR incl. 19 % UST exkl. 25,87 EUR pro Liter
Das Beste was Neuseeland im JG 2009 in Sachen Sauvignon Blanc zu bieten hat !!! 93+ Parker Punkte ! Lisa Perrotti Brown: As the name suggests, the 2009 Wild Sauvignon was naturally fermented in French oak barriques, 10% new, and aged for 12 months with occasional lees stirring. About 2/3 of the barrels underwent malo-lactic. It displays yeasty / toasty notes of freshly baked bread and toasted almonds over fresh grapefruit juice, kumquats, passion fruit and mandarin peel plus hints of cedar, coriander seed and dill. Medium bodied and wonderfully concentrated, it has a beautiful satiny texture, invigorating acidity and a very long, layered finish. Kevin Judd takes Marlborough Sauvignon to new heights with this one! Drinking very nicely now, it’s of that style that could age very well and I’d recommend putting a few bottles away in the cellar for 5 years or so and enjoying it to 2016+.
92 Parker Punkte WELTKLASSE Chardonnay ! Lisa Perrotti Brown: Naturally fermented in French oak barrels, 15% new, with 100% malo-lactic, the 2009 Chardonnay was matured for 18 months in oak. It has a yeasty / toasty / nutty character with underlying ripe apricot, apple tart and pineapple notes. Medium-full bodied and richly fruited in the mouth, the palate offers a nice contrast between stone fruit and savory flavors balanced by crisp acid and finishing long and mealy. Drink it now to 2016+. 21,90 EUR incl. 19 % UST exkl. 29,20 EUR pro Liter
Mit das BESTE was Neuseeland zu bieten hat ! 92+ Parker Punkte WELTKLASSE Sauvignon Blanc ! Lisa Perrotti Brown: Naturally fermented in older French oak barrels, the 2009 Section 94 Sauvignon Blanc spent 18 months in oak. It offers roasted almond and fresh baguette notes over a core of warm grapefruit, passion fruit and apricots plus hints of fennel and cedar. Medium bodied and with a great backbone of very crisp acid, it presents a mouth-filling, seriously concentrated tropical and toast flavors with a long savory finish. Delicious now, it should age gracefully and cellar to 2016+.
93 Parker Punkte Neal Martin: Just 500 cases of the 2005 Hillside Pinot Noir are produced, a selection of best barrels with fruit from the center of the gentle, north-facing slope, hand-picked, destemmed and then matured for 17 months in barrel using 45% new oak before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. It has a complex brambly nose with a subtle hint of sloes which is followed by a medium-bodied palate with silky tannins and a sensuous, red-berried finish. Very pure and natural, this excellent Pinot should drink well over 8-10 years 23,90 EUR incl. 19 % UST exkl. 31,87 EUR pro Liter
91 Parker Punkte Lisa Perrotti Brown: Matured for 17 months in French oak, 50% new, the 2009 Pinot Noir displays a pale to medium ruby-purple color, giving aromas of ripe cherries and raspberries over hints of dried mint, lavender and cassia. Medium-full bodied with a good amount of vibrant berry and spice flavors, it is well structured with crisp acid, a medium level of fine-grained tannins and a long finish. Drink it now to 2016+.
90+ Parker Punkte Lisa Perrotti Brown: These days the Te Koko Sauvignon Blanc is usually sourced from 5-6 vineyard parcels of older vines that produce riper (less grassy) fruit. The juice goes through a long, slow ferment in French oak, around 5-10% new and some barrels naturally go through malo-lactic. It spends around 1.5 years in barrel. The 2008 Te Koko Sauvignon Blanc offers intense warm grapefruit, green guava and pineapple notes with hints of cedar and orange blossom. Medium bodied, crisp and concentrated, it reveals a good amount of mid-palate fruit with a long finish. This is a very good Te Koko but just seems to slightly lack the real concentration and texture of the two previous vintages. 28,00 EUR incl. 19 % UST exkl. 37,33 EUR pro Liter
