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Villa Maria Single Vineyard Graham Sauvignon Blanc 2006

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Producer:
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Villa Maria
Country:
New Zealand (Нова Зеландия) 
Region:
Marlborough
Vintage:
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2006
Variety:
Sauvignon Blanc (Совиньон Блан)
€ 24.03  
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14 Apr 2009
Winemaker's notes:
The Graham Sauvignon Blanc vineyard is located in the Lower Dashwood of the Awatere Valley in Marlborough. “From this site we are able to create Sauvignon Blanc of outstanding intensity,” describes Villa Maria’s senior winemaker George Geris. “The vineyard’s terroir is one of a kind. It is less than a kilometre from the sea and the vines are slow ripening due to the ocean’s temperature regulation, the vine age and the unique approach we take to canopy manipulation.”

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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
Bubble and sparkles
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