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| Author: | Goosegogs [ Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Riverview Sauvignon Blanc 2004 ..most stores ?3.99 |
Oz Clarke rates this as the best Sancerre mimic sold in the UK It has a slightly off putting smell of wet wool Chenin Blanc but does have wonderfully pungent lime and gooseberry flavours and is genuinely reminiscent of good Sancerre. Stunning stuff for ?3.99 Made in Hungary by Akos Kamocsky |
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| Author: | GK [ Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riverview Sauvignon Blanc ..most stores ?3.99 |
I tried this once, found it a bit on the thin side, lacking character with little to no finish. Maybe it has improved, I will give it another go, thanks. I will however, give it 10/10 for achieving what is possibly the 'ugliest bottle of wine design' I have ever seen..   
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| Author: | Goosegogs [ Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riverview Sauvignon Blanc ..most stores ?3.99 |
LOL It does look about as cheap and tacky as a wine bottle can get. I've drunk this many times and have been disappointed as often as i've been impressed. But the bottle I drank last night would have fooled many a wine expert into thinking that it was a particularly fruity Sancerre. So long as they hadn't seen the bottle first of course. Watch out for the damp dog smell. G |
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| Author: | Goosegogs [ Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riverview Sauvignon Blanc 2004 ..most stores ?3.99 |
The bottle we had yesterday was the 2004. I just had a glass of the 2005 and it's not much better than you describe. Just ordinary dry white wine.  So if you do try this try and get the 2004. G |
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| Author: | GK [ Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riverview Sauvignon Blanc 2004 ..most stores ?3.99 |
Thanks G. I tied some Spier Sauvignon Blanc '05, Sth Africa, over the weekend at a neighbour?s house, came from Majestic at around ?5 but I was sure I had seen it somewhere else. Anyway, decent SB, all the usual boxes ticked, I thought it was incredibly smooth and balanced for a ?5 wine, wasn?t over-chilled, I think that helped. I have just seen Tesco on-line are doing it for ?4.74 on a box of six, I think I know what to do with that '?10 off' voucher I got with last months Tesco Wine Club Magazine.. 
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| Author: | Birk of Birkenhead [ Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riverview Sauvignon Blanc 2004 ..most stores ?3.99 |
TO GK, just picked your Riverview review, were you describing OZ CLARKE or the WINE !!!! cheers! Kevin |
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| Author: | GK [ Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riverview Sauvignon Blanc 2004 ..most stores ?3.99 |
Birk of Birkenhead wrote: TO GK, just picked your Riverview review, were you describing OZ CLARKE or the WINE !!!! cheers! Kevin Derogatory remarks in reference to a respected wine expert? Who dear? me dear? no dear. 
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