Vavasour | Sauvignon Blanc – NV

Detailed Description

A serious, concentrated and expressive wine, Vavasour Sauvignon Blanc flaunts a powerful bouquet of fresh herbs, tropical fruits and bright citrus.

Reviews:

• Wine Enthusiast: Heady notes of waxy lemon-lime, dried herbs and some green bell pepper pungency lead to a palate that shows quite searing acidity, perky lemon flavors and a slippery texture. Still very young, with a slight burn of sulfur, this could benefit from another year in the bottle.

• James Suckling: A crisp and vibrant white with notes of nettles, lime zest, green apples and wet stones. Crunchy and refreshing with a medium body. Nice minerality, too.

Producer Information

Vavasour Winery is a Marlborough wine producer in New Zealand’s South Island. It was established by Peter and Anna Vavasour in the mid-1980s in the Awatere Valley, and makes wines from the classic regional varieties – Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, with a focus on Sauvignon Blanc. The estate released its inaugural vintage in 1989, making it one of the first commercial wineries in the Awatere Valley, just east of the already-established Wairau Valley. The cool, windy climate and the deep, gravelly soils are perfect for growing intense, aromatic Sauvignon Blanc, Vavasour’s flagship variety. Vavasour uses grapes from both its own vineyard and from grower vineyards in the region. The Vavasour family has a particularly strong place in the New Zealand wine industry. Peter and Anna’s son Louis established the Awatere River Wine Company in the late 2000s, while Anna’s aunt and uncle Judy and Garry Glazebrook were founders of Hawke’s Bay wine brand Ngatarawa. Vavasour is now owned by the Foley Family Wines company.