Babich Black Label Sauvignon Blanc 2010
A wine first produced in 2005 that is exclusive to restaurants and bars. The Black Label Sauvignon Blanc has been developed to complement food. We have blended a wine from estate-owned vineyards which, while displaying the pungent and crisp characteristics that set Marlborough sourced fruit apart, shows greater depth and complexity on the palate.
Winemaker Notes
Region:
Marlborough
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.
Technical Notes:
Alcohol: 13.5%
TA: 7.5g/l
pH: 3.5
Residual Sugar: 3g/l
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
GOLD MEDAL -San Francisco International Wine Competition 2011
SILVER MEDAL -Sommelier Wine Awards 2011, UK
4.5 STARS, TOP TIP AWARD -Tizwine.com, November, 2010
5 STARS, 18.5/20 -Raymond Chan Wine Reviews, www.raymondchanwinereviews.co.nz, Jan 2011
4.5 STARS, 91 POINTS -Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Feb, 2011
4 STARS -Bob Campbell MW, www.bobswinereviews.com, Sep, 2011
4 STARS -Susan Desjardins, Winecurrent.com, Canada, Sep 2011
87 POINTS -Lisa Perrotti-Brown, eRobertParker.com #197, Oct 2011
Wine Writer Reviews
"Described by one judge as a "blockbuster sav", this is certainly a powerful wine with gooseberries and thistles on the nose and big ripe tropical - particularly lime - flavours in the palate and linger and linger on the palate. High class wine."
4.5 STARS
TOP TIP AWARD
-Tizwine.com, November, 2010
"The ‘Black Label’ wine is designed as an on-premise only wine. All Marlborough fruit mainly stainless-steel fermented with a small portion fermented in seasoned barriques to 14.0% alc. Very pale coloured with straw-green hues, this has a full, soft nose of herbs, ripe gooseberries passionfruit and minerals. Dry to taste, this has a beautifully soft, broad and mouthfilling palate. The passionfruit and gooseberry flavours have a sweet, lusciousness to the expression and this is enhanced by rounded, pleasing textures. The wine has excellent freshness and a long, sustained finish. Drink with seafood and poultry over the next 2-3 years.
18.5/20
5 STARS
-Raymond Chan Wine Reviews, www.raymondchanwinereviews.co.nz, Jan 2011
"It's gorgeously ripe and fragrant on the nose displaying feijoa, passionfruit and lime zest characters. The palate is succulent and concentrated with lovely texture and refreshing finish. It's intense and punchy yet nicely balanced. At its best: now to 2013. On premise only."
91 POINTS
4.5 STARS
-Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Feb, 2011
"Fresh and expressive. A slight floral character."
-International Wine Challenge 2011 - UK
"This label has been developed for restaurants although it is available at the Babich cellar door for $22.50. Seamless, delicate wine with nice purity. Low-key passion fruit and lemon grass flavours - a good food wine."
4 STARS
-Bob Campbell MW, www.bobswinereviews.com, Sep, 2011
"Big and substantial are not the usual terms for a Sauvignon Blanc, but they’re just right in the case of this highly fragrant wine. Inhale the aromas and savour the rich flavours of ripe tropical fruit, lime-splashed papaya, gooseberry, nettle and a hint of fresh ginger. Beautifully balanced, dry and full on the palate, this is a gorgeous wine with good zip in the fruit-filled aftertaste."
4 STARS
-Susan Desjardins, Winecurrent.com, Canada, Sep 2011
"An on-premise only label, a small portion of the 2010 Black Label Sauvignon Blanc juice was fermented in seasoned oak barriques. It gives a pronounced nose of fresh sage and straw over a core of lime zest, lemon juice and pea pods. Medium bodied with racy acidity, it has decent flavor concentration and a medium-long, herbaceous finish. Drink it now through 2012."
87 POINTS
-Lisa Perrotti-Brown, eRobertParker.com #197, Oct 2011
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