Yealands ‘Land Made’ 2017 Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris and Rosé

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• Yealands ‘Land Made’ Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017
  Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand - Marlborough

  Review Date : 25-Sep-2017

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, very pale straw colour, with slight green hues. The nose is elegant and well-proportioned with soft aromas of pungent passionfruit melded harmoniously with notes of tropical fruits, fresh herbs and suggestions of minerals. Dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate has a rounded, dense and relatively deep and concentrated core of pungent passionfruit, green capsicums and herbs. The flavours ae up-front and the palate has the energy and body to form a soft-textured, positively driven core, with lacy acidity providing liveliness. The wine carries to an elegant, lingering finish of passionfruit and herbs. This is an up-front, soft and rounded, well-packed Sauvignon Blanc with passionfruit, herb and capsicum flavours with good freshness. Match with salads and vegetables, and Pacific Rim fare over the next 2 years. Fruit, 75% from Seaview, Awatere and 25% Wairau, cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 12.5% alc. and 3.7 g/L RS. 17.5-/20 Sep 2017 RRP $18.95
• Yealands ‘Land Made’ Marlborough Pinot Gris 2017
  Pinot Gris from New Zealand - Marlborough

  Review Date : 25-Sep-2017

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, even, very pale straw-yellow colour. The nose is very fresh and tightly bound with fine aromas of white stonefruits with notes of exotic florals, along with nuances of nuts and minerals. This builds to show a fine intensity. Dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate has an elegant core with fragrant white stonefruits entwined with exotic florals and pears, unfolding fermentation esters. The palate is fruit-focussed and form a fine, concentrated line, and the wine carries with some underlying power to a lingering finish of florals, stonefruits and esters. This is an elegant, dry Pinot Gris with a fine core of stonefruits, florals and esters, with positive linearity and a lingering finish. Match with Thai, Vietnamese of Japanese fare over the next 3 years. Marlborough Pinot Gris fruit cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 13.0% alc. and 4 g/L RS. 17.0/20 Sep 2017 RRP $18.95
• Yealands ‘Land Made’ Marlborough Rosé 2017
  Rose from New Zealand - Marlborough

  Review Date : 02-Nov-2017

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, pale salmon-pink with some depth, lighter on the rim. The nose is soft with delicate strawberry fruit entwined with red florals, nuances of quince and redcurrants, and suggestions of watermelon, revealing a little confectionary and fresh fermentation esters. Dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate has light flavours of strawberries, quince and watermelon with redcurrant and herbal hints, along with confectionary elements. The flavours flow along a light-textured line with fresh acidity lending energy. The wine leads to a light, dry, floral nuanced finish. This is a fresh, dry rosé with light flavours of strawberries, quince, currants and some confectionary. Serve as an aperitif and with canapes over the next 2 years. Pinot Noir fruit cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 13.0% alc. and 5.2 g/L RS. 16.5/20 Sep 2017 RRP $18.95