Mick and Amy were hosting dinner this past Saturday night. Mick had two new wines for us to review and paired them with two great dishes.
The first course was a mixed seafood platter of oysters, shrimp and Alaskan king crab. Mick paired this dish with a 2011 Mulderbosch Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa. We’ve had the 2010 version of this wine before so I was interested to see what the 2011 would be like.
The nose on the wine was a mild mix of wet hay bale, lime and wet stone aromas. Tasting the wine, the lime aroma carried over and lime was the dominate flavour to the wine but it finish with a zesty pink grapefruit flavour to it. The structure on the wine was good as the acidity was decent but it could have used a touch more as it came across a little flabby at times. It was a good pairing with the food. I was a bit disappointed with this wine as we had some truly terrific South African Sauvignon Blanc and while this one was decent, it didn’t do anything to stand out from the rest.
Here is the group rating for the wine - Mick – 86, Mark - 85, Kathy – 85, Amy – 86, Overall – 85.5
Here is the LCBO information for this wine –
MULDERBOSCH SAUVIGNON BLANC 2011
VINTAGES 933424
750 mL bottle
Price $ 18.95
Made in: Western Cape, South Africa
By: Mulderbosch
Release Date: Nov 24, 2012
Wine, White Wine
13.5% Alcohol/Vol.
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Sugar Content: 3 g/L
Sweetness Descriptor: XD - Extra Dry
Tasting Note - A perrenial customer favourite, this Savvy brings crisp aromas and flavours of apple, citrus, garden herbs and freshly cut grass. Position this in your mind somewhere between the Loire and New Zealand style. Zippy and dry with a medium body, it's brilliantly refreshing. Quite food-flexible, this will shine alongside roast chicken, tuna steaks, herbed prawns or mild green curries. (VINTAGES panel, March 2012)
I can certainly see why the LCBO write-up called this wine ‘food-flexible’ as it was quite neutral and would work a number of different foods.
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