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Creekside Backyard Block Sauvignon Blanc 2017

Creek Shores, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada

Community Score: 4.4/5
Community Reviews: 2

Price: $24.95

Sweetness: Extra Dry
Alcohol: 12.5%

Drink: 2019-2021

Bottle size: 750 ml
Winery: Creekside

Greg Hughes rated this wine as 89/100 with the following review:

Sauvignon Blanc can be a harder grape to suss out the details of in a context with Niagara.
Not only are a lot of Sauvignon Blancs on the market today made with thiolic yeasts that mask a lot of their terroir, but a broad spectrum of climatic differences and winemaking preferences make them highly variable.
Niagara Savvy tends towards austerity, with well preserved ones having great herbaceous crunchiness and some nice stone fruit and citrus.
Creekside make some pretty cool Sauv from their Backyard Block. This is the still version, though they also do a sparkling charmat Savvy.
Theirs combines the intense tropicality of thioly Sauv with some of the soft nectarine and herbaceousness previously described.
It has a well made balance of flavour, acidity, and skin contact (making it crisp and colourful).
The flavours have a lot of lime, passion fruit, nectarine, and lime rind.
Ot is a tasty choice to have with calamari and a cobb salad.
Drink soon, though! It is best when at its freshest.

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