Winery Gravel & LoamWairau Valley Sauvignon Blanc
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, shellfish or goat cheese.
Taste structure of the Wairau Valley Sauvignon Blanc from the Winery Gravel & Loam
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In the mouth the Wairau Valley Sauvignon Blanc of Winery Gravel & Loam in the region of South Island is a with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Wairau Valley Sauvignon Blanc of Winery Gravel & Loam in the region of South Island often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Wairau Valley Sauvignon Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Wairau Valley Sauvignon Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Wairau Valley Sauvignon Blanc
The Wairau Valley Sauvignon Blanc of Winery Gravel & Loam matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of chinese fondue, nanie's diced ham quiche or tomato and goat cheese quiche.
Details and technical informations about Winery Gravel & Loam's Wairau Valley Sauvignon Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Alicante Bouschet
Intensely coloured, supple reds with an ink-dark robe, smooth tannins and an ample palate of blackfruit (blackberry, blackcurrant), candied cherry, plum, spices and sunny notes. A teinturier grape with red pulp that deepens colour in southern blends; also a star as a single varietal in Alentejo DOC. Grown in Languedoc, Spain and California. French hybrid created in 1866 by Henri Bouschet (petit bouschet × grenache).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Wairau Valley Sauvignon Blanc from Winery Gravel & Loam are 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 0.
Informations about the Winery Gravel & Loam
The Winery Gravel & Loam is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Wairau Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Wairau Valley
Historical heart of New Zealand's Marlborough (wide river valley following the Wairau River from the Spenser Mountains to Cloudy Bay on the Pacific, gravelly alluvial soils, warmer and more sheltered than the Awatere thanks to the Wither Hills, birthplace 1973 Brancott): Sauvignon Blanc is the signature white (63 %) — opulent profile with passion fruit, grapefruit, gooseberry and green pepper. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris as complements.
The wine region of South Island
New Zealand's southern island, cradle of the country's great wines. Sauvignon Blanc signature in Marlborough (~80% of national vineyard): explosive and tropical with grapefruit, passion fruit, boxwood, cut grass and mineral touch — global benchmark. Pinot Noir star in Central Otago (among the most southerly) and Waipara: airy with cherry, raspberry, undergrowth, thyme. Taut Riesling, precise Chardonnay, floral Pinot Gris.
The word of the wine: Vaccaresis
Black grape variety, one of the 13 of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, which can be used in a blend in this appellation and other neighbouring AOCs (Côtes-du-Rhône, Gigondas...). It produces a floral, elegant and fresh wine, which balances the warmth of the Grenache. It is rare.
