Details
- Type: White
- Country: New Zealand
- Region: Hawke's Bay
- Vintage: 2017/2018
- Producer: Te Awa
- Primary grape: Albariño
- Bottle size: 75cl
- List price: £12.65
- Code: 29080
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Awards:
- BRONZE (2017) International Wine Challenge 2018
- SILVER (2016) Decanter World Wine Awards 2017
- SILVER (2018) International Wine Challenge 2019
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Expression
Zesty, herbaceous or aromatic whites
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High-acid cheeses such as goats’ or sheeps’ cheese e.g. crottin de Chavignol, pecorino. Lightly smoked cheese
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Calamari, cerviche. Delicate white fish e.g. sole. Fried with chips, kedgeree, mackerel, shellfish, smoked trout
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Anise, bay leaf, caraway, chervil, coriander, dill, ginger, lemongrass, mint, oregano, parsley, tarragon
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Steamed, braised chicken, pork, veal
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Light creamy herb, fishbased sauces, olive oil or light cream e.g. clam sauce. Apple with less-dry wines, tartare sauce
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Good with Thai dishes (less sweet) and moderately spiced fish and shellfish dishes e.g. fish or chicken tagine, harissa
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Asparagus, avocado, goat’s cheese, smoked-fish salads. Olives, peas, spinach, vegetarian quiches
About the Wine
This white wine is made by Te Awa in Gisborne. Zesty and aromatic with a soft, ripe fruit an ideal partner for flavoursome seafood dishes. It is created with mosty Albariño grapes. Supplied by Hatch Mansfield.
Albariño
Ahl-ba-REE-n’yo
A crisp, refreshing white mostly found growing in cooler areas close to the sea where it can attain briny flavours. Its heartlands is in Galacia, Spain's rain- sodden north-west, and Portugal's Vinho Verde region, where it's known as Alvarinho and Cainho Branco.
Flavours:
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Grapefruit
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Lime
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Minerals
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Peach
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Saline
Left Field wines are the birthplace of the unexpected, the weird and wonderful. Taking a whimsical approach to exploration, creativity and imagination. The range includes Albariño fast becoming a favourite. Its delicate aromatic notes of citrus, melon and white flower duel with the underlying briny character so distinct to this variety. Refreshing and crisp, enough yet with enough texture and weight to tempt Chardonnay devotees, could Albariño be the perfect white grape?’
The Country
New Zealand
The islands here stretch nearly 1,000 miles north to south, and the climate varies from subtropical in Auckland, to positively perishing in the south. 2018 will be remembered by many wineries in here as a year for the record books.
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