Redcliffe Sauvignon Blanc 2004

  • 90 Wine &
    Spirits
3.3 Good (6)
Sold Out - was $9.99
OFFER Take $20 off your order of $100+
Ships Thu, Apr 4
You purchased this 3/27/24
0
Limit Reached
You purchased this 3/27/24
Alert me about new vintages and availability
Redcliffe Sauvignon Blanc 2004 Front Label
Redcliffe Sauvignon Blanc 2004 Front Label

Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2004

Size
750ML

Features
Screw Cap

Your Rating

0.0 Not For Me NaN/NaN/N

Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

"If you've ever made broth from lobster shells and shrimp heads, you'll recognize the scent melding into this sauvignon: carapace on a gooseberry bush. If you can get past the bad pun, the fruit itself has complexity and amplitude, ripened to flavors of green pear and guava. Serve it witha salad of lobster and prawns with avacado."
-Wines & Spirits

Professional Ratings

  • 90

Other Vintages

2005
  • 87 Wine
    Enthusiast
Redcliffe

Redcliffe

View all products
Redcliffe, New Zealand
As New Zealand's largest and most celebrated wine region, Marlborough has earned a well-deserved reputation for outstanding wine. Grapes for Redcliffe are sourced from select vineyards in the Wairau Valley, a prime growing area within Marlborough that has become nearly synonymous with Sauvignon Blanc of unrivaled flavor and intensity.
Image for Sauvignon Blanc content section
View all products

Capable of a vast array of styles, Sauvignon Blanc is a crisp, refreshing variety that equally reflects both terroir and varietal character. Though it can vary depending on where it is grown, a couple of commonalities always exist—namely, zesty acidity and intense aromatics. This variety is of French provenance. Somm Secret—Along with Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon Blanc is a proud parent of Cabernet Sauvignon. That green bell pepper aroma that all three varieties share is no coincidence—it comes from a high concentration of pyrazines (herbaceous aromatic compounds) inherent to each member of the family.

Image for Marlborough Wine New Zealand content section

Marlborough Wine

New Zealand

View all products

An icon and leading region of New Zealand's distinctive style of Sauvignon blanc, Marlborough has a unique terroir, making it ideal for high quality grape production (of many varieties). Despite some common generalizations, which could be fairly justified given that Marlborough is responsible for 90% of New Zealand's Sauvignon blanc production, the wines from this region are actually anything but homogenous. At the northern tip of New Zealand’s South Island, the vineyards of Marlborough benefit from well-draining, stony soils, a dry, sunny climate and wide temperature fluctuations between day and night, a phenomenon that supports a perfect balance between berry ripeness and acidity.

The region’s king variety, Sauvignon blanc, is beloved for its pungent, aromatic character with notes of exotic tropical fruit, freshly cut grass and green bell pepper along with a refreshing streak of stony minerality. These wines are made in a wide range of styles, and winemakers take advantage of various clones, vineyard sites, fermentation styles, lees-stirring and aging regimens to differentiate their bottlings, one from one another.

Also produced successfully here are fruit-forward Pinot noirs (especially where soils are clay-rich), elegant Riesling, Pinot gris and Gewürztraminer.

SWS107219_2004 Item# 82853

Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
Please use a different browser like Edge, Chrome or Firefox to enjoy all that Wine.com has to offer.

It's easy to make the switch.
Enjoy better browsing and increased security.

Yes, Update Now

Search for ""