Allan Scott "Kekerengu" Sauvignon Blanc 2022
(Marlborough, New Zealand) - [WS 93] [VM 91] [WA 91] [WE 90]

Name: Allan Scott "Kekerengu" Sauvignon Blanc 2022 (Marlborough, New Zealand) - [WS 93] [VM 91] [WA 91] [WE 90]
Brand: WINEBOW
SKU: ASWKSB22C
Price: 24.97 USD
Availability: InStock

$30.00 $24.97 Save $5.03

WS93 VM91 WA91 WE90

Size

750 ml

Quantity

Allow Vintage Substitution?

Description

Notes from the Winemaker:
Allan Scott Family Winemakers vineyards are largely planted on the stony, free draining mid-Wairau Valley river flats. The vineyards are sustainably managed and with the care given during the growing season to produce some of the world’s greatest Sauvignon Blanc wines. The wines tend to be beautifully structured, with lighter aromatics than expected off the heavier clay soils of the lower Wairau plain.

The grapes are machine harvested and immediately pressed in the cool of the night. The juice is maintained at cool temperatures to ensure the aromatics are not lost. Cleared juice is then fermented to dryness at cool temperatures with specifically selected yeasts. The best wine tanks were blended and finished for bottling.

Always sensational with fresh Marlborough seafood, or try with all types of Pacific Rim fare.

Ratings & Reviews:

93 Points - Wine Spectator:
"The Key lime, dried pineapple and passion fruit flavors at the core of this white show terrific purity, with a lip-smacking mix of crunchy sea salt, toasted herb and tropical notes. Reveals intense acidity on the long finish. Drink now. 2,222 cases made." - MB (June 2023)

91 Points - Vinous Media:
"The 2022 Sauvignon Blanc Kekerengu is full of personality and zest. It offers up an intriguing array of herbs and exotic fruit flavors from pine and fennel to honeydew melon. It's intense and focused with an attractive, racy finish reminiscent of a salted lemon. It keeps you going back for more." - Rebecca Gibb MW (Apr 2023)

91 Points - Wine Advocate:
"The 2022 Kekerengu Sauvignon Blanc is from Kekerengu, which is further down the remote coast, quite far from the Awatere and Wairau Valleys; it's remote. The wine here leads with fleshy kiwi fruit, white currant, juniper, dried thyme and rosemary, shaved fennel, coriander and ocean spray/brine. In the mouth, the wine is fleshy and round, with an exotic, spicy sort of character that offsets the fruit. This wine is interesting and good. It tastes different, as I'd hope wine made from fruit grown out there would. 12.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap." - Erin Larkin (Nov 2023)

90 Points - Wine Enthusiast:
"The Sauvignon from this sea-swept vineyard is distinct. It's round, ripe and bone-dry. Notes of nectarine, lime popsicle, pineapple, honeysuckle and dried herbs are ensconced in a broad, mouthcoating texture, sliced and diced with rapier, herb-flecked acidity. There's a long pineapple rind finish and a structure that suggests it's only just getting started. Drink toward the end of 2023–2030." - Christina Pickard (May 2023)