Winery Villa Maria - Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc

Winery Villa MariaLightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc of Winery Villa Maria is a sparkling wine from the region of Marlborough of South Island.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
The Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc of the Winery Villa Maria is in the top 30 of wines of Marlborough.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with vegetal taste

gooseberry, grass

Wine with earth taste

stone

Wine with spices taste

jalapeno, pepper

Wine with floral taste

elderflower

On the nose the Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc of Winery Villa Maria in the region of South Island often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, straw or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, citrus fruit or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Villa Maria's Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
12.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Prima

Cross between lival and cardinal obtained in 1974. It has been registered in the official catalogue of table grape varieties, list A1, since 1996.

Last vintages of this wine

Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc - 2019
In the top 30 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc - 2018
In the top 30 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc - 2017
In the top 30 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 411110
Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc - 2016
In the top 30 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc - 2015
In the top 30 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc - 2014
In the top 30 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc - 2013
In the top 30 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Lightly Sparkling - Sauvignon Blanc from Winery Villa Maria are 2018, 2017, 2011, 2019 and 2016.

Informations about the Winery Villa Maria

The winery offers 116 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This winery is part of the Ste. Michelle Wine Estates.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Marlborough in the region of South Island

The Winery Villa Maria is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 107 wines for sale in the of Marlborough to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine South Island
In the top 400 of of New Zealand wines
In the top 40 of of Marlborough wines
In the top 2000 of sparkling wines
In the top 30000 wines of the world

The wine region of Marlborough

The wine region of Marlborough is located in the region of South Island of New Zealand. We currently count 1237 estates and châteaux in the of Marlborough, producing 3419 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Marlborough go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of South Island

Central Otago, near the bottom of New Zealand's South Island, vies for the title of world's most southerly wine region. Vineyards cling to the sides of mountains and high above river gorges in this dramatic landscape. Pinot Noir has proven itself in this challenging Terroir, and takes up nearly three-quarters of the region's vineyard area. The typical Central Otago Pinot Noir is intense and deeply colored, with flavors of doris plum, Sweet spice and bramble.

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