Craggy Range Avery Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2014

I intended to write it up for World Sauvignon Blanc day (which was a week or so back), however a thoroughly demoralising afternoon bracket of Aussie/Kiwi Pinot Gris left me in desperate need of beer, not Sauvignon Blanc.

This wasn’t much chop either.

Green yellow straw. Sweaty nose with a real peppery capsicum aggressive edge. The palate too feels aggressive and raw, the passionfruit and grippy acid hitting you like a wall. It’s a full on Sauv, but also a hard wine to really like. Too many hard edges, not enough delicacy.

Not a fan. It’s intense, which drives the score up, but little joy in the drinkin’.

Details: 13%, Screwcap, $32
Tasted: April 2015 (sample)
Best drinking: 2015
Score: 15.5/20, 86/100
Would I buy it? No.
Buy online: Craggy Range website

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At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say, I discovered wine, and my life evolved with a unique dual focus - wine and environment.

Twenty years later and I spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.

I now judge at wine shows around the world, sit on the Australian Wine List of the Year awards panel and was once a Wine Journalism Young Gun (but baby that was years ago).

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Craggy Range Avery Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2014