Hans Herzog, Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc 2008

We were doing our winery trip last year and my wife went into this winery, while I sat in the car with our son (you have to do that sort of alternating, when you have a five year old along and you have already managed to take him into several wineries and he has had enough).

Apparently, this vineyard is owned by a European, Hans Herzog.

His staff informed my wife that this wine was of the “European style” for sauvignon blanc. Kiwi sauv blancs, in my experience, are quite dry and this bottle is nothing like that. It is full-bodied, with the flavour coming as the wine works its way to the side and back of the tongue. There is a tangy and tarty flavour that one doesn’t get from NZ sauv blancs. I must admit that I like my white DRY. The drier the better. This one is too fruity and rich for a white – at least for me.

I have heard that Herzog is one of the organic growers in Marlborough and I can respect that.

Perhaps I should give it another go . . .