With the warm summer months soon to be upon us, there are some wines I enjoy drinking while sitting on the patio and watching the Texas sunset. And one of my favorite pastimes while on the patio is cooking shrimp on the grill. A nice Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand is a fabulous choice with shrimp and Brancott Vineyards has always been a popular choice around our house. Today I was lucky enough to have a representative from the distributor bring some of their 2006 offerings to the store for tasting.
The first wine from Brancott that we tasted was the Brancott Vineyards Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. This wine set the benchmark for this particular varietal back in the 90’s when it was awarded the Marquis De Goulaine Trophy for the best Sauvignon Blanc in the world in 1990. This wine displays some nice fruit characteristics such as grapefruit. It was well balanced and had a nice acidity. This new vintage was again a job well done.
We also tried the 2006 Marlborough Reserve Sauvignon Blanc and this wine was again outstanding. It was a little more refined and displayed a little more elegance that it earlier counterpart. Although the same fruit characteristics were there, they were a lot more subtle and probably would go somewhat better with the shrimp I was daydreaming about cooking.
So here is an idea, enjoy the Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc while you are grilling the shrimp and enjoy a bottle of the Reserve Sauvignon Blanc while you are eating the shrimp!! What a great evening that would make, don’t you agree?
I’ll be talkin’ to ya later!
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