Passionfruit
Citrus
Herbal

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Jules Taylor Sauv Blanc

Name: Jules Taylor Sauv Blanc 750ml
SKU: 105015
Price: 20.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Wine · New Zealand · 750ml · 13%

$20.99each

What it tastes like

A lively, aromatic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc with passionfruit, lime and fresh herb notes, finishing crisp and vibrant.

Passionfruit
Citrus
Herbal

Additional information

Wine
Style: New Zealand
Origin: 750ml
Size: 13% ABV
Alcohol: 0.8 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Jules Taylor Sauv Blanc

Jules Taylor was born in Marlborough and trained as a winemaker at Lincoln University. She worked at Cloudy Bay and Kim Crawford and spent nine vintages in Italy, five of them in Sicily, before launching her own label in 2001. She and her husband George Elworthy went full time five years later, and in 2021 Gourmet Traveller Wine named her New Zealand Winemaker of the Year.

For her Sauvignon Blanc she sources fruit from the Central and Upper Awatere Valley, the Southern Valleys (Taylor Pass and Brancott) and the Lower Wairau, and she deliberately skips the flat vineyards in the middle of the Wairau Valley floor. Before harvest she paces the rows tasting berries to pick her moment. The juice is cold settled, fermented cool in stainless steel with aromatic yeasts, and the wine is bottled under screwcap.

It is completely dry and sees no oak. Expect citrus and passionfruit with fresh herbs such as lemongrass and mint, and bright acidity through a long finish. Jules suggests serving it chilled, with fresh sourdough dunked in olive oil and dukkah, or kingfish crudo tostadas.