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Mount Olympus Sauvignon Blanc Estate Reserve 2011

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Producer:
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Mount Olympus
Country:
New Zealand (Нова Зеландия) 
Region:
Marlborough
Vintage:
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2011
Variety:
Sauvignon Blanc (Совиньон Блан)
Added by demiro
26 Dec 2012

Winemaker's notes:
This Reserve Sauvignon Blanc is made from small parcels of fruit selected from some of Marlborough's finest vineyard sites where the grapes enjoy ideal growing conditions of free-draining soils, warm days, cool nights and low rainfall. It was harvested at optimum ripeness and hand-crafted by our winemaker Alana McGettigan to produce exceptional wine.

Distinctively Marlborough, this Sauvignon Blanc displays gooseberry, passionfruit and honeysuckle characteristics. The palate is intensely concentrated, rich and lively with a fresh, crisp finish.

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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
Sugar Crystals or..?
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There's sugar on my cork.' Is a frequent one... no, not sugar but crystals of tartar sometimes called 'wine diamonds' which look - but do not taste - like sugar. They upset people - unless those people know in advance that they can occur and are a GOOD sign. Tartaric acid occurs naturally in all ...
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