Sauvignon Riserva 'Wairau' Saint Clair 2023
Perfect to give as a giftThe Sauvignon Reserve "Wairau" by Saint Clair is considered one of the best and most famous expressions of New Zealand Sauvignon. It is produced in the Wairau Valley, in the renowned Marlborough region. It is an intense, fresh, and juicy white wine, rich in fruity and aromatic notes.
The Sauvignon Riserva “Wairau” by Saint Clair is part of the high-end collection, which includes the most prestigious labels from this famous New Zealand winery. The bottle represents the utmost expression of the typical characteristics that Sauvignon Blanc offers in the Marlborough region. It is a very particular version of the famous French grape variety, which especially enhances the fruity character and in particular the soft notes of exotic fruit, providing the pleasure of a broad, rich, and satisfying sip. It is a wine with a strong personality and a very territorial cut, easily traceable, from the very first sip, to New Zealand, which has had the merit of finding an interpretative key for the original and highly recognizable grape variety.
The “Wairau” Reserve is a pure Sauvignon blanc produced by one of the most important realities of wine in New Zealand. Saint Clair owns a vast estate in Marlborough and since the late '70s, it has started producing high-quality wines that have carved out an important space in the international markets.international markets. The Sauvignon Blanc grapes used to create the Riserva come from a careful selection of the best vineyards of the Wairau Valley estate. At the end of the harvest, the bunches are softly pressed and the free-run juice ferments in stainless steel tanks at low temperatures. Before bottling, the wine matures for a few months in steel tanks, preserving the exuberant fragrance of the aromas and scents intact.
The Sauvignon Riserva "Wairau" by Saint Clair is one of the most interesting interpretations made in New Zealand of this famous semi-aromatic grape variety. The producers in the Marlborough area have chosen to focus decisively on enhancing the thiolic aromatic precursors, which give the wine a distinctly tropical profile. Visually, it presents a bright straw-yellow color. The olfactory profile opens with aromas of grapefruit, kiwi, white peach, passion fruit, lychee, mango, hints of sage, and tomato leaf. The taste is rich and juicy, with a ripe fruit, soft and dense with aromas, well balanced by a fresh and persistent finish.