So how do you define ‘composite’?
In the Winemarket Dictionary it says – “take all the best bits and bung ‘em altogether and you've got something even better than all the bits on their own.”
And next to it is a picture of the bottle above.
The Composite Sauvignon Blanc from the Winegrowers of Ara is not your normal, bog standard Marlborough savvy.
For a start it's a blend of the best fruit from the best vineyard blocks the winemakers have at their disposal. Then it's given the respect it deserves and is used to make a more restrained, more textured and more complex sauvignon blanc that has more in common with the classic styles from Sancerre in France that most of the other shrill and pungent Kiwi savvy's cluttering the market.
So instead of all those in–your–face cat's pees and stinging nettle characters you get in a lot of them, the Composite delivers a fine, flinty flavour profile and tightly focused palate.
Now go back to your Winemarket Dictionary and look up ‘obscenely good value’ and it will say “2007 Composite Sauvignon Blanc just $85 a case”
Bet you won't find that in your Funk & Wagnalls.
Vintage Clearance of this award winning Sancerre Style NZ Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
Premium-level wine is a fusion of grapes sourced from carefully selected areas of Ara. Considered the most complete expression of Ara, Composite wines deliver absolute consistency year on year in terms of style, flavour and balance.
Wine Must go - hence HOT price!
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| Name: COMPOSITE MARLBOROUGH SAUVIGNON BLANC 2007 (12) |
| Vintage: 2007 |
| Alcohol: 13.5% |
| Drink Now Until: 2010 |
| Regions: Marlborough |
| Winemaker: Dr Damian Martin |
| Oak: |
| Varieties: Sauvignon Blanc |
| Foods: BBQ scallops with a fresh rocket, roasted pine nuts and parmesan salad |
| Background: Ara Composite Sauvignon Blanc is made from the fruit of selected
parcels from the Ara vineyard. The parcels ripen evenly and have good fruit weight, concentration and aromatic expression. This wine was picked with excellent balance of acidity and sugar between 20th March and 10th April with sugar levels in the 21.5 – 22.5 Brix range. The different parcels were fermented separately mostly having a long slow cool ferment of 20 days. One small portion was fermented relatively warm, and quickly to help build texture. The wines were aged on yeast lees for about 4 months prior to racking, blending and fining, then bottled in September. |
| Colour: Straw |
| Nose: |
| Palate: The COMPOSITE SAUVIGNON BLANC 2007 is a variation on the classic
expression of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. It is vibrant and intense,
showing ripe, clean stone- and grapefruit characters. It is very concentrated with a generous textured mouthfeel and a long clean finish. |
| Highlights: This wine is from Ara, Marlborough, New Zealand – an ancient river
terrace formed through unrelenting geological processes. Here is an
extraordinary convergence of environment and people. Our vision is
to harness the land’s unique potential, embracing old and new world
philosophies, to shape a new world standard in wine.
COMPOSITE wines are a fusion of grapes sourced from all areas of Ara and considered its most complete expression, year on year delivering true consistency in terms of style, flavour and balance. |
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