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Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc : $11.99

Wine Details

Price: $11.99
Producer: Kim Crawford
Region: Marlborough
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Container Size: 750 ML
Flavors:
  • Award Winning
  • White Wine
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Product Description

  • Colour: Pale straw with touches of green. Aroma: Classic Sauvignon characters of cut grass and tropical fruits are dominant on the nose. Palate: Unfolds with flavours of passionfruit, gooseberry and subtle herbaceousness. The wine is mouthfilling with good texture and finishes well with cleansing acidity and great length. Food Match: Good to drink with anyone at anytime. Ideally suited to asparagus, oysters and summer salads. Cellar: A wine to drink now and, with careful cellaring, will last up to five years. Kim Crawford, June 2006
  • Kim Crawford Wines started out in a small Auckland cottage in New Zealand. Since launch in 1996, the label has gained critical acclaim around the globe. Being big was never our aim. Being the best has been. Pouring a glass of Kim Crawford Wine promises great times with friends; it often heralds a spirited lunch or lively evening. It conveys confidence in a stylish, stimulating environment. We do things unconventionally, take risks, start things, welcome different. Screw caps keep wine fresher than corks. So we started championing them. We decided the world needed a clean, top quality, fruit driven Chardonnay devoid of the heavy oak. So we started making one.

Expert Ratings

Ratings Vintage Source Flavors
WineSpectator - 92 Details: Concentrated and complex, with vivid passion fruit, grapefruit and tangy peach flavors. Vibrant minerality and tangy lime juice acidity keep thumping through the finish. Drink now. 65,000 cases imported. –DS 2006 WineSpectator grapefruit, lime, peach
NatDecants - 90 Details: 2006 Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand: I recommend this wine year after year: it has a real following. Vibrant, mouth-watering aromas of lime and grapefruit. Its herbal character makes it a refreshing summer wine. It's bottled with a screwcap, which is an extra bonus. Pair with: ham, salads, vegetarian dishes. 35386 750 mL $19.95 Score: 90/100. 2006 NatDecants
WineAndSpirits - 92 Details: Concentrated and bold, with layers of pure fruit flavor that yield scents of gooseberry, lime and passionfruit, this is firmly structured, clean and lasting. The aroma should develop with time in the bottle, but it's already distinctly Marlborough, a mouthwatering match for bouillabaisse. 2006 WineAndSpirits grapefruit, herbal, lime
Tanzer - 89 Details: ($18) Perfumed aromas of grapefruit skin, fresh pineapple, mint, tarragon and lima bean. Juicy and bright but not hard, with very pure flavors of underripe pineapple and pink grapefruit and a suggestion of more tropical fruits. Densely packed, layered and long, with good finishing spice. 2005 Tanzer grapefruit, mint, pineapple, spice, tropical fruits
WineSpectator - 90 Details: Tangy in style, with plenty of fresh green apple character adding depth to the grapefruit and guava flavors, lingering nicely. Drink now. 70,000 cases made. –HS 2005 WineSpectator
Tastings - 90 Details: Pale straw silver color. Very ripe, guava, gooseberry, and grass aromas. A supple round entry leads to a very tart dryish medium-bodied palate with tasty lemon, melon, and peach flavors. Finishes with a tangy, peach skin fade. 2005 Tastings grapefruit, green apple
WineAndSpirits - 91 Details: This wine has evolved toward scents of honeysuckle and orange marmalade, its pithy flavors of orange peel grounded in earthiness. With a year in bottle, it's fragrant and still fresh, ready for grilled prawns. 2005 WineAndSpirits
WineEnthusiast - 88 Details: Not overly aggressive, this light- to medium-weight Sauvignon Blanc features fresh leafy herbs, but also boasts plenty of melon and grapefruit to maintain its balance. A little soft on the finish, but clean, with lingering notes of pink grapefruit. 2004 WineEnthusiast apple, herb, melon, mineral, pear, peppery, spice
Tanzer - 85 Details: ($18) Saline, citrus, minty and smoky aromas, along with a suggestion of sake. Then round and fleshy in the mouth, but with penetrating flavors of gooseberry, mint and fresh herbs. A confusing blend of thickness of texture and very dry, penetrating flavors. Finishes with a slight sour edge. 2004 Tanzer citrus, fresh herbs, gooseberry, mint, smoky, sour
NatDecants - 93 Details: 975672 KIM CRAWFORD SAUVIGNON BLANC 2004 $19.95 Marlborough, South Island: Another favorite; it's like old home week. This one has the distinct aroma of talent: ripe green apples, passionfruit and pears. Zippy and refreshing. Score: 93/100. Favorite White Wine 2004 NatDecants
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Food Pairings

Category Pairing
Cheese Mozzarella, Feta, Goat Cheese, Ricotta, Swiss
Poultry & Eggs Chicken or Turkey, Chinese Chicken Salad, Roast Game Hen
Vegetables Asparagus, Asparagus Quiche
Fruits & Nuts Citrus Fruits, Mango Salsa
Vegetables Salad, Greek Salad, Nicoise Salad, Tomato
Fish or Shellfish Ceviche, Shellfish (scallops, clams, crab, lobster, shrimp, etc...), Soft-shelled Crab, Catfish, Dover Sole, Red Snapper, Tilapia, Walleye, Sea Bass, Pan-fried Trout, Salmon with Lemon, Grouper / Swordfish, Monkfish, Ligurian Fish Soup
Sauces Vinaigrette
Herbs & Spices Anise, Fennel Seed, Tarragon, Basil, Cilantro, Coriander, Curry, Dill, Thyme

Awards and Accolades

  Name Vintage
Award Winner Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2006 2006
Award Winner Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2008 2008

Wine Terms

Name Value
New Zealand Although it makes just one-tenth the wine of neighboring Australia, this country’s production is increasing every year. Its white wines are generally unoaked with pronounced flavor, rich texture, and high acidity. The South Island’s renowned Sauvignon Blanc is so distinctive that it can be compared to asparagus, limes, grass, or passion fruit. This region also excels in intense Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs. Cabernet Sauvignon grows well on the North Island, yielding an intense, berry fruit. There the Pinot Noirs are rich and the Chardonnays are soft and ripe but well balanced.
Sauvignon Blanc Comes mostly from California, France, New Zealand, and South Africa. Its highly acidic wines are often suggestive of herbs or grass. Light to medium bodied and usually dry, European versions are generally not oaky while California Sauvignon Blanc can take on many of the qualities of Chardonnay. France has two classic wine regions for the Sauvignon Blanc gape: Bordeaux and the Loire Valley The Bordeaux wine is called Bordeaux Blanc and the two best known of the Loire wines are called Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé. In Bordeaux, Sauvignon Blanc is sometimes blended with Sémillon.
Australia/New Zealand Besides producing Mel Gibson, this region can also produce some pretty intense wine. Australia has become the fourth largest wine export in the world. Australian labels are strictly labeled depending where the grapes where grown to make the wine. In New Zealand the sea moderates the weather producing cooler summers and milder winters. The effect of consistently cool nights is to produce fruit which is nearly always high in acidity.
Marlborough When the first growers planted grapes in Marlborough in the 1970s (there is evidence of plantings as early as 1870s), it is unlikely they would have foreseen the extent of the growth and fame that the region’s wine industry would achieve, based upon a single varietal called Sauvignon Blanc. The distinctive pungency and zest fruit flavours of the first Marlborough wines, in particular Sauvignon Blanc, captured the imagination of the country's winemakers as well as international wine commentators and consumers and sparked an unparalleled boom in vineyard development. Worldwide interest in Marlborough wines, particularly Sauvignon Blanc, has continued to fuel that regional wine boom.

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