For this month’s Wine Club meeting we took a look at two South African Sauvignon Blancs. South Africa is a wine region that I’m quite excited about as their currency is not that strong vs. the Canadian dollar so there are some very good valued wines to be had. The two wines that we tried were an Edgebaston Sauvignon Blanc and Graham Beck Sauvignon Blanc.
Here is the LCBO information on the 2008 Graham Beck Sauvignon Blanc –
Stock Number –948620
Volume - 750mL
Price: $ 13.95
Wine, White Wine
13.0% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content : XD
Made in: South Africa, South Africa
By: Graham Beck Wines
Release Date: Apr 3, 2010
Tasting Note - Gorgeous tropical whiff on 08, well rounded silhouette, juicy greengage flavours, bouncy & zesty, but still dry. Score - 3 1/2 Stars (out of 5). (Irina von Holdt, John Platter South African Wines, 2009)
The Edgebaston was purchased in the US and details and review can be found here –
http://zippysauce.blogspot.com/2010/05/saturday-night-were-back-part-1.html
As I’ve already reviewed and covered the Edgebaston, I was going to focus on the Graham Beck but unfortunately the wine was oxidized. The Graham Beck poured out a dark golden colour that looked like an aged Chardonnay and was no where near the pale green yellow colour that you’d expect from a Sauvignon Blanc. So no review for the Graham Beck.
The upside was that everyone very much enjoyed the Edgebaston so the tasting wasn’t a total loss. Hopefully when we take a look at two Zinfandels next month we’ll have better results.
Cheers!
Mark
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