BABICH FAMILY ESTATES INDIVIDUAL VINEYARD
HEADWATERS ORGANIC BLOCK SAUVIGNON BLANC 2009
Grapes:
100% Organic Sauvignon Blanc
Region:
Wairau Valley, Marlborough
Winemaker:
Adam Hazeldine
Recommended Food:
Great with seafood or fish meals. Try with fresh oysters!
Recommended Cellaring:
Best enjoyed while young.
Production Notes:
Fruit from our certified organic block within the Headwaters Vineyard were harvested on the 5th of April. The grapes were quickly crushed and pressed into stainless steel tanks where the juice was fermented at controlled cool temperatures to capture the intense varietal flavours. Strict organic procedures where followed at all times. The wine was bottled late in August 2009.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is subtly perfumed with red current and passionfruit. The palate has a soft and sweet fruited entry nice weight and is finely structured – making it a good food match. Juicy fruits are found on the mid palate and the finish is dry. Should develop nicely in the medium term.
Awards:
SILVER MEDAL
MUNDUSvini BioFach 2010 - Germany
Reviews:
"This crisp, bone-dry wine is certified organic. Minerally, with strong, ripe melon/lime flavours, it is refined and lingering, with obvious potential."
4 STARS
-Winestate Magazine, March 2010
"Certified organic, the 2009 vintage is a bone-dry wine, pale, with gentle, limey aromas. Subtle and restrained in it's infancy, with good fruit sweetness and delicacy, and a slightly minerally streak, it should mature well."
-Michael Cooper's Wine Buyers Guide to New Zealand Wines 2010
"Sourced from a 5ha, fully certified organic block within the Babich Headwaters vineyard, this drop's downright delicious in a softly-softly sort of way. Dandelion and lime aromas are followed by ripe passionfruit flavours in the mouth. It has already scored success in an international organic wine show in Germany and it's easy to see why."
- Yvonne Lorkin, Wine Editor - Dish Magazine Feb 2010
"Refined wine, opening out well with a bit of bottle age, revealing strong, ripe melon/lime flavours, a minerally streak and a long, crisp, bone-dry finish."
-NZ Listener, 10 March 2010
"A ripe and perfumed nose displaying passionfruit, peach and capsicum characters. The palate is lively with crisp apple acidity and a pleasantly drying finish. A nicely rounded Sauvignon with classic flavours."
-WineOrbit.co.nz, Sam Kim, March 2010
"Opening with a tantalizing nose of passion fruit complemented by hints of key lime; all the fruit was sourced from a 5 hectare vineyard, certified organic. It’s light-bodied with a lovely wash of racy tang—lime sherbet, white grapefruit and lemongrass—persisting throughout the mid palate and zesty, focused, succinct finish. It’s the perfect dance partner to freshly shucked briny oysters with a dash of horseradish and Tabasco."
-Vic Harradine, Winecurrent.com, Canada, May, 2010
This stylish sauvignon blanc is made from organically grown grapes from a single vineyard. Look for a lightness of touch in the fruit, which is nonetheless solid and well focused. The flavours are nicely paired with a consistent broad ribbon of acidity, lending the wine a juicy texture that makes it friendly to food. Friendly? It loves food, especially white fish, seafood, oysters and other shellfish.
4.5 STARS
-Rod Phillips, Winepointer, Canada, May, 2010
Video Review by Lady Parker: http://www.ladyparker.com/post/587699415/babichheadwaterssauvignonblanc09
"A big first for Babich in the organic stakes. Quite strong wine, bold, well flavoured with quite intense sauvignon flavours. Fermented bone dry; a serious and well-balanced statement to suit the enthusiast and a good dinner of spicy pasta or white meat. No hurry for a couple of years at least. "
-Peter Saunders, Hospitality Magazine, April 2010
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