Satellite and Spy Valley 2017 Sauvignon Blancs and Spy Valley Rosé 2017

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• Satellite Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017
  Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand - Marlborough

  Review Date : 24-Oct-2017

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, light straw-yellow colour with some green hues, pale edged. The nose is up-front with moderately concentrated aromas of gooseberries and passionfruit, fresh herbs and snow peas. The aromatics are softly presented. Dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate has up-front flavours of gooseberries and passionfruit with herbs and some cut-grass and nettle notes. The palate has depth and a firm core. The mouthfeel is brisk and racy with lively acidity, and the wine flows with good energy along a fine-textured line to a lingering finish of gooseberries and nettles. This is a fresh and lively, up-front Sauvignon Blanc with gooseberry, passionfruit and cut-grass flavours with a fine line. Match with seafood, salads and vegetables over the next 2 years. Fruit from the Wairau Valley, fermented to 12.0% alc. and 3.1 g/L RS. 17.0+/20 Oct 2017 RRP $16.00
• Spy Valley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017
  Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand - Marlborough

  Review Date : 24-Oct-2017

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, very pale straw colour, near colourless on the rim. The nose is softly full and voluminous with aromas of passionfruit and gooseberries, white florals, fresh herbs and a fine line of minerals. The aromatics have elegance, depth and intensity. Dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate has soft, mouthfilling flavours of passionfruit with subtle notes of gooseberries, fresh herbs and snow peas. The fruit is refreshing with mineral nuances. The mouthfeel is well-balanced with gentle richness and liveliness. The wine flows easily and smoothly to a soft, elegant, lingering finish of passionfruit and herbs. This is a soft and gently mouthfilling Sauvignon Blanc with passionfruit and gooseberry flavours with balanced acidity and fruit richness. Serve with Pacific Rim fare over the next 2 years. MS clone fruit from the Waihopi and Wairau valleys, fermented in stainless-steel with 6% in oak barrels to 12.0% alc. and 2.8 g/L RS. 18.0/20 Oct 2017 RRP $20.00
• Spy Valley ‘Hand Picked Single Estate’ Marlborough Rosé 2017
  Rose from New Zealand - Marlborough

  Review Date : 24-Oct-2017

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Very pale salmon-pink colour, near colourless on the rim. The nose is light and delicately fragrant with aromas of white stonefruits and subtle notes of red fruits and florals, along with thirst-quenching minerals. Dry to taste and light-medium bodied, the palate has a fine, elegantly concentrated core of white stonefruits with subtle red berry fruit and floral elements. The fruit has a delicate richness, balanced by mouthwatering mineral notes and light phenolic textures. The acidity provides good freshness, and the wine carries to a light, minerally finish. This is a delicate and finely concentrated dry rosé with stonefruit, berry and floral flavours and thirst-quenching minerals on a light-textured palate. This is in the Provencal rosé style. Serve as an aperitif and with canapes over the next 2 years. Predominantly Pinot Noir, 95% hand-picked and WBP, 5% saignee, fermented in stainless-steel with a small percentage with solids in barrel to 12.5% alc. and 4.2 g/L RS. A small portion of estate Syrah and Malbec was WBP and tank fermented and added to the final blend. 17.5/20 Oct 2017 RRP $23.00