Five Things: pale yellow, field in summer, green grass, lemon verbena, mild acidity
COO: Marlborough, New Zealand
Notes: Tasted as part of #SauvBlanc twitter event. Kim Crawford has always been a benchmark Sauvignon Blanc for me. I've had this a number of times and use it (fairly or unfairly) to reference other wines from Marlborough. But for me, this hits all the Marlborough notes -- citrus, white stones, herbaceous and ever-so-slightly sweet. Paired with a frittata and salad with fennel & avocado it was like a walk through a field on a gloriously sunny day in deep summer. Wishful thinking for March? Perhaps...
Website: Kim Crawford Wines
Rating: Very Good
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