2015 Cloudy Bay Te Koko Sauvignon Blanc

Brilliant pale straw colour with a distinctive lime green tinge to the outskirts and a watery hue. Intense herbaceous grassy scents intermix with gooseberries, citrus, asparagus, subtle spicy pencil shavings and a faint whiff of capsicum. Concentrated herbaceous gooseberry and citrus flavours overlay grassy asparagus characters, limes, faintly smoked pencil shavings and traces of capsicum. Good volume and mid palate texture finishing dry with crisp acidity and a long vibrant aftertaste.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 14%

Other Reviews…..
As more wineries have adopted this style of Sauvignon Blanc, Te Koko isn't the standout wine it once was. That doesn't mean it's not still excellent. The 2015 Te Koko offers pungency and passion fruit on the nose, followed by a wine of great concentration and intensity. Hints of struck flint add complexity, while the mouth-filling palate boasts a rich, multilayered texture and a lingering finish. Only 8% aged in new French oak and about a third of the wine went through malolactic fermentation, leaving it with crisp acids and a great sense of elegance and balance. Drink 2018-2025.
93 points
Joe Czerwinski – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate