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Matahiwi (Wairarapa) 2015 Holly Sauvignon Blanc

Our price: $19.99
Elsewhere $31.99

(4 Customer Reviews)
Return Trips (?) : Repeat purchased 11 times by 9 customers!
2 out of 4 customers rated this wine as good value for money.

The focus of this wine is to achieve balance between maintaining the pure Sauvignon fruit vibrancy and building in complex yeast and barrel derived flavours. Lime skin and elderflower aromas along with a mineral, crushed stone note, marry with nutty yeasty characters and a savoury edge. While this wine is ready to drink now, it can be cellared for up to four years.

The fruit for this wine is sourced from the home vineyard at Opaki in the Wairarapa. These blocks receive special care during the season with shoot thinning, bunch thinning and hand leaf plucking to ensure a small and intense crop of premium grapes. Absolute commitment to physiological ripeness is crucial.

The focus in the winery is to capture the pure fruit flavours that come from supremely ripe fruit, whilst adding complexity through barrel fermentation, use of wild yeasts (yeast that come in on the grapes from the vineyard) and lees stirring. The wine remains in the barrel on yeast for 10 months to give weight and complexity.

Product Details
Origin: New Zealand (More) -> Wairarapa (More)
Style: Crisp, dry whites (More)
Closure: Screwcap
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc (More)
Vintage: 2015
ABV: 13.5%

Winesale Ranking
#78 in Wines (see Sales Rankings)
#32 in White wine
#11 in Sauvignon Blanc

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Get it by Tuesday (26/02) if you live in North Island Metro Between Wellington and Auckland, Christchurch, Nelson, Blenheim or Picton and order in the next 46 hours.
Get it by Wednesday (27/02) if you live in North of Auckland Metro, Rest of South Island Metro or North Island Rural Between Wellington and Auckland and order in the next 46 hours.
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Matahiwi (Wairarapa) Holly Sauvignon Blanc

Average Customer Review

(4 Customer Reviews)
Return Trips (?) : Repeat purchased 11 times by 9 customers!
2 out of 4 customers rated this wine as good value for money.

(13/05/16) By: Gazzamaatazza (Lower Hutt)

Awesome sav Blanc would buy again
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(13/07/16) By: Brendon Nottage Team Member - Team Member ratings do not count towards final rating

This wine is drinking beautifully. Made to drink with a few years bottle age to release the full flavoured elegance from the wild fermentation and oak. If you like Cloudy Bay Te Koko or Dog Point Section 94 then this wine will appeal AND without the $40 price tag. No need to cellar to get it drinking at its best, just crack it now and enjoy
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(20/08/16) By: John Mills This reviewer is using their real name.

I am an avid Sav consumer unfortunately this wine is not up to my Sav standard. From the nose to taste and after taste there was a chemical smell and taste. Another person who tried it describes the wine as a watery with little or now taste on the tongue! Perhaps we got 'one out of the bag'. and were unlucky.
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(20/11/16) By: Stewart Black This reviewer is using their real name.

Didn't like this wine.. It tasted very smoky
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(27/08/18) By: DIONysus Gold Medal Reviewer - Top 10 ranked wine reviewer!

Speedster - Has completed 6 first reviews!

Not your typical sav but still enjoyable enough. Not as acidic as expected and a little sweeter with a smokey flavour coming through.
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