{"id":6714,"date":"2007-06-04T18:26:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-04T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/rare-sauvignon-blanc-to-cellar-2\/"},"modified":"2007-06-04T18:26:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-04T18:26:00","slug":"rare-sauvignon-blanc-to-cellar-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2007\/06\/rare-sauvignon-blanc-to-cellar-2\/","title":{"rendered":"RARE \u2013 SAUVIGNON BLANC TO CELLAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.co.uk\/rodeime\/VINTNEWS\/photo?authkey=z2TXO9lQWUA#5072279004314922802\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.co.uk\/image\/rodeime\/RmRa4V3c7zI\/AAAAAAAAANE\/uT0WHRwl8VA\/s288\/KE%20Sauv%20Blanc%20%26%20Riesling%202005%20%26%20group%20006.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"><\/a>SAUVIGNON Blanc is generally considered one of those buy-now, drink-now wines for everyday enjoyment, but over the past half-decade or so Wayne Stehbens at Katnook Estate has been creating a different Sauvignon Blanc from Coonawarra \u2013 one to cellar and enjoy down the track.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s just done it again with his 2006, a stand-out wine that\u2019s showing all signs of a good five year\u2019s ageing ability. It\u2019s quite unusual to make such a wine, and Wayne says the trick lays in early harvesting: this latest was picked in late February, whereas five or six years ago he\u2019d have been picking it late March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts all part of differentiating ourselves from other more overt Sauvignon Blanc, giving us a sophisticated more food-friendly and elegant wine,\u201d he says, adding that he believes Katnook\u2019s approach offers those who enjoy Sauvignon Blanc \u201cthat little bit more\u2026a racier wine with exceptional regional characteristics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wayne\u2019s 2006 Katnook Sauvignon Blanc was sourced entirely from a vineyard planted in 1978, and one that\u2019s traditionally low-yielding so fruit\u2019s harvested in three or four separate picks to allow the wine to be made in small batches.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the rich gooseberry flavours and light tropical lychee, mineral and flint character that give a crisp, savoury finish; at $26.95 it\u2019s a good match served chilled with an asparagus quiche, or in cooler climes a hearty mussel soup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAUVIGNON Blanc is generally considered one of those buy-now, drink-now wines for everyday enjoyment, but over the past half-decade or so Wayne Stehbens at Katnook Estate has been creating a different Sauvignon Blanc from Coonawarra \u2013 one to cellar and enjoy down the track. He\u2019s just done it again with his 2006, a stand-out wine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[392,389],"class_list":["post-6714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-coonawarra","tag-sauvignon-blanc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}