Matanzas Creek Winery Sauvignon Blanc Helena Bench

Matanzas Creek Winery

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2011 Other 88/100
Sauvignon Blanc
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Taster #4115 · Mar 3, 2019
86/100
Perhaps past its peak. Oak was pronounced flavor.
2011 vintage
Taster #4115 · Dec 26, 2018
87/100
Strong flavor or oak and minerals. Not a lot of the typical citrus or grassy notes.
2011 vintage
Taster #4461 · Aug 31, 2016
Pale yellow. Grapefruit, lemon pith, honey. More expansive on the viscous palate where it show grapefruit, honey, macadamia nut and richness. Long, saline and slightly bitter finish. Acid is properly supportive.
2011 vintage
Taster #7221 · Apr 29, 2015
Light golden. Lovely crisp acidity, a touch of herbs. How nice to have a sb that does not pretend or try to be a cheap oversweet California Chardonnay.
2011 vintage
Taster #2634 · Mar 28, 2015
89/100
No formal notes
2011 vintage
Taster #2500 · Jun 8, 2014
87/100
Grass, melon and honey aromas. Balanced acid with grass and a hint of grapefruit. Nice finish. Pleasant chilled with a chopped salad.
2011 vintage
Taster #4461 · Mar 16, 2014
83/100
Pale. Nose is grapefruit and gooseberry and grass. Sharp fruit and sharp acid. Seems unripe and rather shrill! Leave it over night. It did soften after 24 hrs but it is very aggressively fruity and herbaceous
2011 vintage
Taster #2806 · Jan 29, 2014
90/100
what a well put together wine and very enjoyable
2011 vintage
Taster #5087 · Dec 20, 2013
95/100
My wife LOVES this wine.
2011 vintage
Taster #7016 · Oct 20, 2013
88/100
Yellow in color, crisp on the palate with a citrus aftertaste, not great but very good
2011 vintage
Taster #9438 · Jul 15, 2013
87/100
The "Generous Pour" Promotion at the Capital Grille (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN) : Light gold color. Small pour. The nose is pungent, cat pee, grapefruit, grassy. The palate is medium bodied with tart grapefruit, grass, almost a bit syrupy. Not my style of SB, very in your face and lacking finesse or minerality. If like a big NZ style you'll probably find this enjoyable.
2011 vintage
Taster #7394 · Jun 9, 2013
88/100
Grass, lemon, honey, and tropical fruit notes with high acidity and good balance. Sonoma wine, but reminiscent of New Zealand. Recommended.
2011 vintage
Taster #2159 · Jun 6, 2013
90/100
This straw-robed wine is a significant Sauvignon Blanc. It offers a nice combination of crisp citrus fruit, kiwi and field grasses, all adorned by a dollop of oak. Medium-bodied, it carries its freshness and well-integrated alcohol (13.5%) throughout a solid middle palate and lengthy finish. While not necessarily a favorite of those who prefer light-styled, un-oaked Sauvignon or those who favor heavily-oaked white wine offerings, this is a "baby bear" wine...just right. Drink now-2014.
2011 vintage
Taster #1297 · Apr 28, 2013
88/100
Good clean pineappley grapefruity domestic SB.
2011 vintage
Taster #5730 · Mar 20, 2013
88/100
Lite grapefruit, nice acidity, very enjoyable over the highly acidic NZ cousin.
2011 vintage
Taster #1782 · Jan 30, 2013
84/100
Minor vegetal and grassy notes but it gets overpowered by the honeyed lemon notes. It's food friendly with Thai but on its own, it's a bit too fruit forward for me.
2011 vintage
Taster #4278 · Dec 6, 2012
84/100
Not my style. Too much fruit showing. NZ style SB.
2011 vintage
Taster #4494 · Nov 23, 2012
86/100
Nice grassy nose. Good mouthfeel with nice acidity. Clean finish.
2011 vintage
Taster #9457 · Sep 21, 2012
89/100
The wine looks Blonde colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Grapefruit, Honeysuckle, and Mineral. It tastes like Grapefruit, Honeydew, and Mineral. The body is Light/Medium. The wine has Bright texture. The wine finishes Medium.
2011 vintage
Taster #2407 · Jun 4, 2012
90/100
Trip to Sonoma/Napa
2011 vintage