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2011 RIPPON Sauvignon Blanc

2011 RIPPON Sauvignon Blanc

Grapes: Sauvignon  Origin: New Zealand, South Island
Lea & Sandeman review
What sets this wine apart from the ever increasing number of Sauvignons is the fabulous balance of ripeness, texture and minerality. 40% of the blend was fermented in old French barrels, not for the oak, but for the form of the vessel itself. We think that this is quite the best vintage of Nick's Sauvignon that we have tasted. It is a mindblowing Sauvignon with fabulous fruit and awesome length, which is more in line with a Chablis than a tropical New World Sauvignon. An incredibly exciting and vibrant wine, we urge you not to miss it.

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I can’t remember the last time sniffing a NZ Sauvignon Blanc made me sigh with happiness, but it happened with this wine, and I’m only aware of it because my friend who brought the wine over picked up on it! But I guess that just goes to show what a stunner of Sauvignon Rippon has made this year. What’s so lovely is that although you can tell it’s a NZ Sauvignon Blanc, it also has a softness on the nose and the palate which make it an especially sublime wine; the nose is elegant rather than purely super-charged in tropical fruit, and even though the citrus and tropical fruity notes dart about the palate – as they should on such a young and vibrant wine – the deftness of touch on the minerality balances the whole thing out to such a degree you’d be seriously hard pushed to find another NZ Sauvignon Blanc with so much going on at such a price.   93
Jane Parkinson, www.janeparkinson.com
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