Too many NZ Sauv Blancs and you see stars. Take a break, open a fresh bottle, and it’s like Nirvana. The good ones can transport you. I remember having a basic Brancott at the Royal Opera in Covent Garden and it was if all the penguin suits and establishment elites melted away and James Cameron himself had lifted me to a lush green planet. The only thing missing was castaway Mary Anne serving me a coconut cream pie. (How did she ever make the dough? Did the Professor have a butter churner, a grain silo and an oven rigged up? I digress.)
The Latitude (the Lexus to Stoneleigh’s Toyota Sauv Bl) does not disappoint. It’s like a distillation of everything NZ has brought to the table with SB and nothing weak or dispassionate about it. I read a review that it wasn’t grassy but I couldn’t disagree more. There was a green, pungent, haylike quality, lemon, guava, a hint of bitterness on the tongue washed away in a sweeter finish. Gorgeous. No complaints.
Price: $22 at BC Liquor
Market Liquidity: As invigorating as a brisk walk on a cool fall morning.
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