Hunters Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2011

                                    MARLBOROUGH SAUVIGNON BLANC

“Cats pee on a gooseberry bush” was the epithet given to Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc by British wine writers when the wine appeared on sale in London in the early 1980s. The first Sauvignon wines from Marlborough were pale in colour and had an intense raw aroma. They were certainly distinctive, and occupied a space in the world of food and wine among the stronger characters in the field of acquired tastes.

That Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc should have become so widely planted and so prominent was due to a considerable extent on an act of faith by Montana Wines, who saw the promise of Marlborough and devoted a significant area of the vast vineyards they were planting there to Sauvignon Blanc.

In the establishment of markets the late Ernie Hunter of Hunter’s Wines, who died suddenly before his time in the early 1980s , was a most effective salesman promoting Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, particularly in the UK where he helped create the export potential of the wine there. He was an ebullient Irishman who always had a bottle of his wine with him and who never missed an opportunity to promote it. He courted the press and the wine trade effectively.

The current vintage of Hunters Sauvignon Blanc  2011  tastes of ripe nectarines, is defined by a fine thread of acidity, is deliciously mouth filling, and has a lingering aftertaste. It is a most enjoyable wine.

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