Cloudy Bay, Te Koko Sauvignon Blanc Brut Zero

Cloudy Bay, Te Koko Sauvignon Blanc Brut ZeroMulti site blend with a significant proportion from Wairau. Gentle pressing. Settled for 24 hours. 8% new oak fermentation with indigenous yeast for 15 months. Partial MLF. TA 7. 9 g l, pH 2. 98. Pale medium lemon gold. Bacon fat, spice and smoke. Vanilla edge to touches of capsicum and gooseberry. Rich, textured palate with spice, vanilla and waxiness to gooseberry and boxwood. Complex and long, if you like the style. (TJ)

well-balanced finish

incisive and a touch youthfully austere

smoky minerals and black pepper

Explosive aromas of blackberry

) -- David Schildknecht

This is a quality Bourgogne that should drink well young if desired

One price for his protracted harvest was elevated alcohol

open and easy to drink

2005 was a cool vintage with generally low yields

toast and exotic spices over a core of baked apples and floral perfume

and in this first year

this is very fine