Meltwater Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 GRB granite and alluvial soils

granite and alluvial soils

I was stunned to see them for €120+ a bottle on a local restaurant list

but played at inside centre

with cassis and florals that you could sniff all day

I Filari Toscana Cabernet Franc 2021 - Federico uses every trick in the luxury winemaking book to make this taste sensational - think inky graphite nose

Meltwater Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 GRB granite and alluvial soilsYour average New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is a one trick pony exploding out of the glass for instant gratification, but falls flat pretty soon thereafter. Mikes Meltwater is more of a thoroughbred built to last, a much more interesting take on an amazing grape (ok, enough of the horse talk). Mikes sources the grapes from two carefully farmed blocks in the Wairau Valley in Marlborough. The vineyards sit on a mixture of clay and alluvial river soils and