“Sauvignon blanc is the grape that put New Zealand on the wine map,” said Pamela Busch in SFExaminer.com. As it celebrates its 40th year there, the grape now accounts for better than half of all of the nation’s vineyard space. The best bottlings have much going for them beyond the wine’s notorious “herbaceousness.” Some fine choices can still be found even in the $15 range.
2012 Yealands ($15). You’ll note “loads of gooseberry” in this single-vineyard bottling, but grapefruit, too, and “an underlying minerality.”
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