Saint Clair Pioneer Block 6 'Oh Block' Sauvignon Blanc 2009 Marlborough
The free-draining soils in Saint Clair's Lower Rapaura vineyards help create an ideal environment for slow, extended ripening. The resulting wine, in this case from a single vineyard site, has an almost other-worldly intensity of fruit, with pungent aromas of gooseberry and passionfruit, with a steely dryness and underlying minerality.