More On Cloudy Bay Sauvignon

by former winemerchant November 17, 2006

Goes to show what a great price Arthur Rackham’s offer for Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc actually is - Oddbins has just sent out an offer setting the price at £17.49 compared to AR’s £15.75.

Oddbins though also gives a 5% discount off 12 bottles. The maximum you can puchase is 12 bottles.

Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc set the world alight with its pure, vibrant flavours and unmistakable varietal character when it hit the stage in the mid 1980’s. Today, the wine has earned itself a worldwide reputation, and it virtually sells out before it arrives in stores. For the 2006 vintage, the grapes were sourced from estate and grower vineyards located in the Rapaura, Fairhall, Renwick and Brancott sub-regions of the Wairau Valley. Free draining, stony soils typify the Rapaura and Renwick areas whilst Fairhall and Brancott are predominantly aged alluvial loams containing some clay. The majority of fruit was grown on a vertical shoot positioned (VSP) trellis, and the balance on the divided Scott Henry trellis system.