BABICH BLACK LABEL MARLBOROUGH SAUVIGNON BLANC 2008
Overview:
A wine first produced in 2005 that is exclusive to restaurants and bars. The Black Label Sauvignon has been developed to complement food – we have blended a wine which, while displaying the pungent and crisp characteristics that set Marlborough sourced fruit apart, shows greater depth and complexity on the palate.
Grapes:
100% Sauvignon Blanc
Region:
Marlborough
Winemaker:
Adam Hazeldine
Recommended Food:
Can be enjoyed with a variety of food. Serve it with veal, seafood (brilliant with oysters) or a chicken dish such as a mild chicken korma with crispy popadoms.
Recommended Cellaring:
0-3 years
Production Notes:
After harvest the grapes were quickly crushed and pressed into stainless steel tanks where most of the juice was fermented at controlled cool temperatures to capture the intense varietal flavours. A small portion of juice was fermented in old oak barriques to contribute to the weight and complexity of the wine.
Tasting Notes:
The bouquet is an inviting mix of tropical, passionfruit aromas with notes of musk and box hedge. Palate entry is luscious and lively, bursting with red current, gooseberry and passionfruit, rounding off with a hint of capsicum. This is a fantastic example of Black Label Sauvignon that is equally enjoyable on its own and with food.
Awards:
SILVER MEDAL
-Japan Wine Challenge, July 09
Reviews:
"A big stonefruit fanfare (think yellow peaches and Mirabelle plums) and some underlying tomato vine characters are parceled in a gentle giving texture. The perfect Sauvignon for a soiree on the deck."
4 STARS
-Cuisine Magazine, Dec 2008
"Weighty style with ripe, tropical fruit flavours. Restrained but harmonious, with some richness."
-Winestate Magazine, March 2009
"Available mostly on premise. Very greenish colour. Smoky, yeasty nose. Clean flavours of cut grass and stonefruit with a little passionfruit across a minerally palate. Moderate weight with pleasing balance."
-Wine NZ Magazine, Summer 2008
"Babich is family owned and operated delivering value-for-money well-made wine; a name you can trust. This is crisp and refreshing with a very generous texture and a dry and crisp, lengthy, well-balanced finish. It opens with pungent aromas of gooseberry and herbaceous notes then shifts into high gear on the palate with a rush of tangy flavours with gooseberry, red currant and passion fruit to the fore. Pair with lightly breaded skillet-fried calamari rings."
4 STARS
-Wine Current.com, Vic Harradine, Aug 2009
"A zingy green-edged white with tangy tropical overtones. The aromas show pineapple, gooseberry, lime and nettles and the refreshing flavours echo this, with guava and kiwi fruit infusions. The texture is nicely silky."
90 POINTS
-Toronto Star newspaper - 9 Aug 2009
"Babich is family owned and operated delivering value-for-money well-made wine; a name you can trust. This is crisp and refreshing with a very generous texture and a dry and crisp, lengthy, well-balanced finish. It opens with pungent aromas of gooseberry and herbaceous notes then shifts into high gear on the palate with a rush of tangy flavours with gooseberry, red currant and passion fruit to the fore. Pair with lightly breaded skillet-fried calamari rings."
-Winecurrent.com, Vic Harradine, 1 Aug 2009
"An elegant nose showing passionfruit, floral and ripe citrus characters. It's juicy and vibrant on the palate with excellent mouthfeel and well balanced acidity. A rather smooth and nicely flowing Sauvignon Blanc."
4 STARS
-Wine Orbit, Nov 2009
"Very tangy, with a lively burst of grapefruit, lime and oyster shell notes. Lemon, thyme and grass flavors linger on the finish. Drink now – DS"
88 POINTS
-Wine Spectator Magazine, Mar, 2009
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