Learn about the wine and pick a menu item
- Pungent crisp wine with crisp passionfruit and tropical fruit flavors
- Highly acidic wine
- Has a zing
- Food pairing: Grilled Branzino
- Pairs well with tomato based dishes with a lot of acidity
- The frsh crispness of the wine also goes well with the white fish
6factors that affect wine plus an interesting fact
- Grape variety
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Viticulture
- Soil
- Glacial, free draining soil
- Physical location
- Marlborough
- Top of the south island
- North east tip of the south island
- Climate
- Maritime
- Lots of sunshine sunisest region in new zealand
- Warm and dry in the summer 68-78 during the day
- 2,400 hours of sunshine a year (6.5 hours a day)
- Winter has frost in the beginning 50-59 degrees
- Vinifaction
- Interesting fact
- Largest wine producing region in New Zealand
- First to see the sunrise in the world
Taste, smell
Taste- passionfruit and gooseberry with lemon grass