New Zealand Signature Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc Alex Giesen, Giesen Wines.
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Transcript of New Zealand Signature Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc Alex Giesen, Giesen Wines.
New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc - one of the world’s most acclaimed wines
“No previous wine had shocked thrilled, offended and entranced the world before”
- Oz Clarke (UK)
"Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has become arguably the world's only great new wine style this century”
- Huon Hooke, The Age (Australia)
“ New Zealand has shown that it just might make the world’s best Sauvignon Blanc”
- Charles Laverick, Restaurant Hospitality (USA)
Let’s Taste
Ara Composite Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2009
Giesen The Brothers Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2008
A Few Facts and Figures
• First commercially planted in 1973
in Marlborough.
• With 14,735 hectares, it represents
47% of all NZ plantings.
• Marlborough dominates production
with 84% of the Sauvignon Blanc
plantings.
• In year to June 2009 NZ exported
91.7 million litres (81% of all wine
exports).
No Resting on Laurels
Extensive research programme :
To gain better understanding of how character and flavour are achieved and how we can enhance overall quality in the future
Development of styles:
-Within regions beyond Marlborough-Within sub-regions within Marlborough (Awatere, Wairau Valley, Southern Valleys)- Through wine-making techniques