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Saint Clair Sauvignon-Blanc Wairau Reserve 2002, Marlborough. **HERITAGE WINE**

Colour: very intense clear yellow with just a hint of green.
Nose: very expressive, clean, intense, rich, creamy and ultimately fresh with loads of fruit: apple, melon, gooseberries, minerals, flowers, some smoky nuances, very refined and complex, deep and crystal clear. Impressive array of vibrant nuances.
Taste: very fresh, intense, powerful, ripe and compact, loads and loads of minerals, fresh fruit, some leafy green nuances, obvious alcohol, but with strong and intense acidity, very well balanced, very complex and multi layered, a wine of great class.
Finish: strong, very long and intense, rich, powerful, with a very strong acidity, but richness and minerals to match, again loads of fruit, complex.

* Top quality from the New World. A totally new and honest perspective on Sauvignon-Blanc, much more upfront and creamy fruity than the original French classics as Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé. It seems the Sauvignon Blanc is well at home in the climate and some soils of New Zealand. It is very rare to encounter a truly great wine made just of Sauvignon-Blanc. The combination of the crystal clear fresh fruit, freshness as well as richness makes this wine very attractive, the complexity, concentration, balance and depth makes it great.

- Should be drunk now, will probably change with age, I doubt it will be more interesting after a few years as it is so great now.  Will probably keep fro a few years.

- Highly recommended wine, top quality Sauvignon-Blanc, super fresh rich and complex..

- lotnr.: not indicated on bottle

- tasted: 13-10-’03, retasted twice (consistent notes)

- estimated retail price ca. 15,00 euro

- average production: not known

- Saint Clair Estate, 156 New Renwick Road, RD2, Blenheim, tel.: (03) 578 8695 / fax.: (03) 578 8696, / e-mail: wine@saintclair.co.nz / web site: www.saintclair.co.nz
Export agent: Poot Agenturen, Jan van de Laarweg 12, 2678 LH De Lier, The Netherlands, tel.: +31-174-512561 / fax.: +31-174-514123 / e-mail: info@poot.nl