NZ Astrolabe Premium Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Astrolabe was created in 1996 by winemaker Simon Waghorn, the culmination of a career that began in South Australia in 1982. Winemaking later led Simon and his family from Te Kauwhata to Gisborne, where he specialised in Chardonnay, and eventually to Marlborough where in 1996 he and his wife Jane Forrest-Waghorn joined with old friends Paul Davenport and Sally Lewis to have a go at their own label…and so began Astrolabe. Today they work with a number of growers scattered all over Marlborough, from Awatere valley to the Kekerengu coast to the Wairau Valley, developing a wide portfolio of iconic wines that celebrate the varieties and terroirs of Marlborough.

Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Region: Marlborough
Alcohol: 13.00%

This crisp and minerally Sauvignon Blanc is Astrolabe’s legendary classic. Reached #15 out of 9200 in Wine Spectator’s Top 100, the fourth time the Astrolabe Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has made this definitive international list.

The vineyard sources include the warmer Wairau in a bell curve of Marlborough flavours that are completed by the gooseberry-green citrus of the cooler valleys. From true experts in the region, this regional blend is a go-to for lovers of classy Marlborough Sauvignon.

TASTING NOTES:

Classic bouquet with a concentrated fruit centric beginning, citrus and saline, apple and white peach, fresh herbs and sandy stony mineral quality. Flavours on the palate include grapefruit and lemon peel, fresh apple and gooseberry moments. The saline suggestion from the bouquet rings loud and clear on the palate. Herbaceous, fresh, fruity and dry. A well made wine with some concentration and vibrato.

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