Returning to the topic.
Goldwater - Wairau Valley '10 from Majestic wine £7.99 Easter offers
As Tribs says .....The 3rd release of Golwater '10 is more grapefruit pith, a little less exotic, less pungency and with a slightly stronger, less dimenional flavour. The fruit is a bit different - later picking, lower bunches of fruit, (not 1st pass in the vineyard maybe ? ) It is not aging - otherwise our earlier stock would confirm the differences. Tibs has the cooler, so slightly less evolution than here.
It is still a MSB wine that I particularly enjoy, But - it does not have the lift, that delicacy of the 2nd batch, and the high notes of the earlier releases. I'm learning more about MSB, and with the less industrial producers, the wines that we have almost always prefered, one has to accept that there will inevitably be minor changes from earlier or with later releases.
Consistency though, and skill is remarkable these days in this high tech environment. But there is only so much that a producer can achieve at this price point.
Out of the three batches, I
think I found the 2nd to be the most memorable.
I'm not objecting to the pith - No Star, but given UK tax, logistics and VAT, this wine still gets a good from me
edit this evening - Goldwater pith reducing, some box wood / white hawthorne flowers , a tiny sprinkle of orange zest - Nice. I am happy enough with this
£4 per night is Ok these days.
02/04/2012
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