Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc, 2012
Marlborough, New Zealand
By: Ed “The Wine Guy”
This wine
exhibits what has become known as the classic Marlborough Sauvignon
Blanc taste: highly aromatic, zesty, powerful fruit flavors (tropical
fruit, tart gooseberry, lime peel, lemon-grassy), with an acidity
that makes the wine crisp and fresh-tasting. The screw cap, becoming
more and more popular throughout the wine world, makes for easy
opening. I suspect that in a few years, the screw cap will be the
rule, not the exception. No loss, except, perhaps, for the romantic
pop of the cork. A cork, if tainted, can impart a musty smell and
taste to a wine. I know of a vintner (wine maker) in Italy who bought
back his wine because of a tainted cork. Pair Astrolabe with summer
salads, cold noodle salads, seafood, or, now that the warm weather is
finally here, have it on its own out on the deck.