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Name: Maipe
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Region: Cuyo
Country: Argentina
Year: 2011
Price: 9.99
Shop/wine critic/winery review:100% Sauvignon Blanc. Manual harvest.
5 year old vines.
6 hour maceration on skins in temperature controlled steel vats; fermentation with selected yeasts at 13°-15°C
Yellow color with green hints.
Expressive wine, fresh, very aromatic. This Sauvignon Blanc displays grapefruit flavors, with hints of melon and honey. It finishes with bracing acidity and fresh mouth feels that make it a terrific aperitif and an excellent accompaniment to virtually all seafood, especially shellfish.
"Filled with notes of honeyed grapefruit, honeydew melon, and figs, it is a light to medium-bodied, fresh, lively Sauvignon Blanc that has significantly more character than one would expect in a $13 wine. It, too, should be drunk over the next year."
5 year old vines.
6 hour maceration on skins in temperature controlled steel vats; fermentation with selected yeasts at 13°-15°C
Yellow color with green hints.
Expressive wine, fresh, very aromatic. This Sauvignon Blanc displays grapefruit flavors, with hints of melon and honey. It finishes with bracing acidity and fresh mouth feels that make it a terrific aperitif and an excellent accompaniment to virtually all seafood, especially shellfish.
"Filled with notes of honeyed grapefruit, honeydew melon, and figs, it is a light to medium-bodied, fresh, lively Sauvignon Blanc that has significantly more character than one would expect in a $13 wine. It, too, should be drunk over the next year.
87 points in 2010
My Review: I had a glass of this wine last night and now two tonight. The smell is pretty awesome. You can smell a blend of grapefruit, honeymelon, alchohol, and a hint of fig. However, the intial taste is kind of a bland blend between fig and grapefruit with little to no mid palette. The honey is very hard to find. The aftertaste has way to much heat and overpowering amount of grapefruit (Which i do not like). However, This is my first post so i dont know what i am talking about but i would say it has to much heat and is a little out of balance.
