Peter May wrote:I've never had their shiraz but their Sauvignon Blanc is a regular in my my house. We're drinking the 2005 now. If you like that, howabout L'Avenir's SB? I'm also a big fan of Springfield 'Life from Stone' which is a lot edgier. In fact, we're having it tonight since we had the Vergelegen last week and the L'Avenir the week before. (I'm rotating through them)
I don't know the L'Avenir wine; I do like Springfield (try their cab!). We import an SB (from Cathy Marshall's side project, BWC) sourced from Faure that sees a fair amount of lees contact--it gives the wine a bit more of a white Bordeaux character. I argue with her about the wine--I think it's a serious wine, she thinks it's a bit frivolous.
I wish a few more guys in SA (including Cathy) would try to make a less NZ style, using extended lees contact and a bit of old wood; there are appropriately gravelly sites that I think would express, at least as vines get older.