Babich Select Blocks
Babich, Black Label Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
2022
About this winery
We strive to sustainably produce the best wines from New Zealand, to share with the world. We apply a philosophy of care and craft to every wine we make – from grape to glass – in concert with the stunning soil, climate and terrain of our New Zealand wine regions. It’s that combination that makes our New Zealand wines so unique and why Babich wines are sought-after in shops, restaurants and bars all around the globe.
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Product notes
This Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc wine can be enjoyed with a variety of foods. An iIdeal partner for seafood.
Production notes
Grapes from our Waihopai Valley Estates were picked, crushed, and pressed with minimal skin contact. The juice was clarified then fermented in stainless steel tanks with a variety of commercial & wild yeast species to build in some textural and flavour complexity. A portion underwent malolactic fermentation also. After extensive tastings by the winemakers, this blend was assembled, lightly fined and bottled.
Tasting notes
Pungent and complex with passionfruit, citrus and blackcurrant. Smoke and gunflint notes and an underlying tropical richness. Tropical fruits, blackcurrant leaf and an impression of volume are immediately apparent. Fresh lime and white stone fruits with boxwood and garden herbs lingering along with some very persistent thiols. Ripe, mouth fulling and lively.