Sugar Loaf 'DQ' Blanc de Blanc NV, Marlborough

A bouquet filled with raw energy and youth. Though 3 years on lees this wine has some settling in time still to take. Aromas and flavours of Apple and white peach, white strawberry and lemon. The mousse has a resounding vigor with medium bubble, acidity is high and fruit flavours emerge again after the acidity and mousse dissolve on the palate. White strawberry, peach and apple, the autolysis is mild with some lees and spice qualities. A wine that will need some cellar time to soften just a little and develop. Best drinking likely from 2026 through 2035. In the meantime I suggest a dozen oysters to accompany this wine.

91 Points

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Released in April 2024