Craft Series Pride & Glory Sauvignon Blanc - Marisco

With the Marisco Craft Series Pride & Glory Sauvignon Blanc comes a first-class white wine in the wine glass. In this it reveals a wonderfully bright, light yellow color. This mature white wine also enchants the eye with golden yellow reflections After the first swirl, Poured into a white wine glass, this white wine from New Zealand presents wonderfully expressive aromas of pink grapefruit, lime, orange and pomelo, rounded off by cream candy, gingerbread spice and dark chocolate.

This dry white wine from Marisco is for wine connoisseurs who would prefer 0.0 grams of residual sugar in their wine. The Craft Series Pride & Glory Sauvignon Blanc already comes quite close to this, as it was pressed with just 1.1 grams of residual sugar. Due to its lively fruit acidity, the Craft Series Pride & Glory Sauvignon Blanc presents itself exceptionally fresh and lively on the palate.

Vinification of the Craft Series Pride & Glory Sauvignon Blanc from Marisco

The basis for the balanced Craft Series Pride & Glory Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand South Island are grapes from the grape variety Sauvignon Blanc. On New Zealand's South Island, the vines that produce the grapes for this wine grow on soils of sandstone. Due to the mitigating influence of the nearbyRiver, the grapes ripen more slowly and more aromatic partiality. The ripening of the grapes for this Sauvignon Blanc wine is influenced by the climate of the growing region to an extent that cannot be denied. In New Zealand South Island, the grapes thrive in a rather cool climate, which is reflected, among other things, in particularly long and uniform grapes and a rather moderate must weight. When the perfect physiological ripeness is ensured, the grapes for the Craft Series Pride & Glory Sauvignon Blanc are harvested exclusively by hand without the help of coarse and less selective grape harvesters. After the hand harvest, the grapes are quickly transferred to the press house. Here they are selected and carefully crushed. Fermentation follows in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures. Vinification is followed by aging on the fine lees for several months before the wine is finally bottled.

Food recommendation for the Craft Series Pride & Glory Sauvignon Blanc from Marisco

This New Zealander is best enjoyed well chilled at 8 - 10°C. It is perfect as an accompanying wine to asparagus salad with quinoa, spaghetti with yogurt mint pesto or omelet with salmon and fennel.

Awards for the Craft Series Pride & Glory Sauvignon Blanc by Marisco

In addition to a price-pleasure ratio, this Marisco wine can also boast numerous awards, including medals. In detail, these are for the 2013 vintage

• Wine Advocate - Robert M. Parker - 93+ points
• IWC International Wine Challenge - Gold
• Mundus Vini - Gold

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