Tonight, Jean and I hired a babysitter and took ourselves out to a movie and a light post-theater supper. The movie "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" was OK in an escapist, not-very-historically-accurate costume drama sorta way (which, truth to be told, was what we were looking for, more or less) and I could probably watch Geoffry Rush recite the phone directory and think that it was a stirring performance. Afterward, we decamped to "Windows on the Wabash" for some tapas and a half-priced bottle of white wine so that Jean's lingering cold wouldn't be aggravated by histamines in red wine. Alas, the top floor of WotW was occupied by a boistrous party of sorority grrlz, so we sat in the downstairs and split a bottle of:
2006 Wither Hills Sauvignon Blanc nose: floral, tropical fruit palate: light, balanced acidity, citrus, floral, some guavaAn interesting contrast to other NZ SBs we've had in recent months, this had little to no "cat piss"/gooseberry flavor and had its emphasis much more on the tropical fruit side of the SB spectrum. It also hid its
13.5% ABV very well. All in all, an excellent reminder of why I first took notice of NZ for SB.Mark Lipton