La Petite Ferme Sauvignon Blanc Batonnage Reserve

By the glass at the estates' beautiful restaurant. This is actually a wine to look for. We expected to hate it and find it uninteresting, another oaky new world wine, but far from it. The colour shows the oak maturation, 16 months in French oak, but the wood is in check and the wine owns the wood. Quite rich, light exotic nose from the wood, light vanilla. Rich on the palate but with a nice balance and the acidity hold …