New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Marathon!

New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc Marathon! – Episode #390

January 21, 2008

Gary gets serious and goes through a bunch of NZ sauv blancs!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2007 Arona Sauvignon BlancNew Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
2006 Tohu Sauvignon BlancNew Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
2007 New Harbor Sauvignon BlancNew Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
2007 Chasing Venus Sauvignon BlancNew Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
2006 Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc IconNew Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
2006 Discovery Sauvignon BlancNew Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
2007 Kim Crawford Sauvignon BlancNew Zealand Sauvignon Blanc

219 Responses

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January 21, 2008

OttawaB
Fav NZ SB is St. Clair 2006 Sauvignon Blanc ………… followed closely by Highfield Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2006
January 21, 2008

BruceP
QOTD: Don’t have one. Tasted it quite a few times. None of it was memorable enough to ever note. Not really my thing, as they say.
January 21, 2008

Andrew
Hey Gary

Good show

QOTD: Probably ‘Villa Maria’, but I’ve been drinking a bit of ‘Dog Point’ at a favourite local restaurant recently and enjoying it.

AND I ALWAYS EAT KIWI FRUIT WITH THE SKIN ON – the texture is fantastic and the tartness awesome and it’s ten times easier – also a bit of a fan of strawberry tops, a nice touch of peppermintiness.

Cheers Andrew
January 21, 2008

*/^_^\*
qotd: dunno. only had one. it had a green monkey or lizard or something on the front. delicious at first, lost some zip on the second day. i’m guessing that’s typical of whites….
January 21, 2008

Corvette Tony
Gary,
Here are some other number for you: 10 – Fran Tarkenton, 11 – Phil Simms, 12 – k, 14 – Y.A. Tittle

QOTD: Haven’t had a lot of NZ Sauvignon Blancs but I did enjoy the last one – Allan Scott 2006.
January 21, 2008

Dave in Leverkusen
QOTD: Seresin

Other favs include Kim Crawford (and you don’t want to know what it costs here in Germany!), Nautilus, Stoneleigh and Babich.

Go Giants; beat the Cheats!
January 21, 2008

Tstank
I love the chasing venus. My ex girlfriend (Venus) and I used to drink that a lot. She liked it but didn’t think it was as funny as I did. Note: Cool beans you did a lot of wines but I think you lose some energy when you got to wine 5 maybe that is the limit of wines to review in one sitting.
January 21, 2008

Syrahhhhhhhhh
GVNC,

I hear a loud digital THUD in New Zealand after that show. There was no thunder today for the SBs. That’s been my overall take, too. For the same money, I’d go Oregon Pinot Gris or even Viognier. For $10 US bones how about the MonteNovo Godello from Spain. Not feeling the NZ from you…
January 21, 2008

sharon
Can’t say as I like any of them. I do use them for braising poultry, though.
January 21, 2008

KVolk
QOTD: Haven’t tried one yet I am not to big on the whites to begin with but if give the opportunity for some I might try.

Way to flex the wine tasting muscles today Gary. I like you poping more bottles and giving us the benefit of your thoughts.
January 21, 2008

Dominus
Well, at least one “Manning” made it to the SB though the wrong one! Geez, the Cheats will kick their butts. Good show.

QOTD: It’s gotta be Cloudy Bay circa ‘96? since I’m old school and remember that first “sniffy sniff” and most recently I enjoyed a Matua. Quite nice.

Cheers!

P.S. How ’bout a show on Alsatian wines? Rieslings, Gewurtz, Pinot Gris. I plan on taking a “wine trip” to Strasbourg in May.
January 21, 2008

Arthur
cjurczak:

I think its a matter of compression. The video is a huge file b/c its a long ep. I get digital rastering this when I try to get a long file to fit within a size requirement.
January 21, 2008

Robin C
QOTD: Cloudy Bay, though I haven’t had it in a long time because it’s so expensive.
I’ve never heard of Chasing Venus or Arona. I’d love to try something new.
January 21, 2008

purplejuicebruce
QOTD…sorry not a fan of grapefruit cut grass or cat pee
January 21, 2008

DT
GV:

Good show with practical advice. Seems you liked the 2007s better than the 2006s overall – could be the year or just more bottle age on the 2006s.

QOTD: Dog Point (regular bottling).
January 21, 2008

Arthur
Preach it Rev. Gary!

I always say that understanding wine is about being a good observer and not about being endowed with super-human sensory abilities.
January 21, 2008

Martini
The last memorable one I had was the Gladstone (Wairarapa). Marlborough SB has gotten B-O-R-I-N-G lately.
January 21, 2008

C. Jurczak
Anyone else think this episode looks different??? Or is it just me…I can’t quite put my finger on it, but almost like its a different camera…Or it was encoded differently???
January 21, 2008

GrapeStuff
QOTD: Dunno
January 21, 2008

AVP
QOTD: Well I had Matua for the first time last Saturday and truly liked it. An all time favorite to be, perhaps.. At least Cloudy Bay is nowadays too expensive. Jackson Estate’s an favorite.
January 21, 2008

ceewats
fernleaf
January 21, 2008

cruster
*yikes*
The video file of this episode is almost 200MB large. I don’t think this is a good idea. The video is much more smoother, but my browser collapses after loading all the stuff into memory.
I have to download the *.mov to watch this.
January 21, 2008

tarheel17
QOTD: Babich. I had it years ago and it was fantastic. I’d like to revisit it, now that I know a bit more about wine, to see how much I like it now.
Great show! Good work! Keep it up! We love it!
January 21, 2008

Dr T from N. Carolina
Interesting show, as usual

“T”
January 21, 2008

Neil
QOTD: Villa Maria.

Go Giants!