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Montana Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2007

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Producer:
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Montana
Country:
New Zealand (Нова Зеландия) 
Region:
Marlborough
Vintage:
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2007
Other vintages: 
2008 [92]
Variety:
Sauvignon Blanc (Совиньон Блан)
€ 10.74  
Added by demiro
14 Apr 2009

Winemaker's notes:
The wine is light straw in colour with green highlights. Aromas of gooseberry, stone fruits and red capsicum predominate, with the palate showing ripe gooseberry and peach coupled with a tantalizing minerality. This wine shows a fantastic equilibrium of concentrated fruit flavours and zesty acidity.

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How to drink it
Food: Antipasto, Asparagus, Carpaccio (Tuna), Chicken Salad, Cold Meats, Crab, Curry (Fish or Chicken), Lobster, Mussels, Nuts, Olives, Oysters (Raw), Pasta Salad, Pasta with Shellfish, Pasta with Vegetables, Red Snapper, Salmon, Sashimi, Scallops, Shrimp, Smoked Fish (Trout, Herring), Sushi, Swordfish, Thai, Tuna
Cheese: Blue Castello, Goat Cheese, Gruyere, Sharp Cheddar
Temperature: 12 °C
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Let's say a grape variety normally takes 120 days to ripen. In an especially hot year, it may ripen after only 110 days; in a cooler year, after 130 days. Viticulturists generally do want a long growing seasons. Long ripening allows components in the grape other that sugar - tannins, for example - ...
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Comments & Ratings
1sharko
06 May 2010