White · Marlborough · New Zealand
Caroline Bay Sauvignon Blanc
Scored from 3,039 calibrated Vivino reviewers. Cohort: White · New Zealand (1,064 wines).
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Tasting profile
A fresh, light Sauvignon Blanc in classic New Zealand style, with a nose of spring grass and tropical passion fruit that opens easily on the palate. Reviewers call it a simple, easy-drinking white that punches above its modest price.
Synthesized from 3,039Vivino reviewers' tasting notes for this bottle.
What reviewers say
“Simple and easy Sauvignon in a true New Zealand style. No chance to be unloved. Nose of spring grass, passion fruit flavors and sunrise sun mood.”
From a top-rated Vivino review for this bottle.
Summary
This is a softer, rounder style of Sauvignon Blanc than many Marlborough versions, with sweet pink grapefruit flavours creamily sweeping across the palate. Yet there are lively, zesty character and hints of pepper to provide varietal and regional identity.
Caroline Bay Sauvignon Blanc is a white from Marlborough, New Zealand.
1,063 other whites from New Zealand form the cohort it is ranked inside. 3,039 Vivino reviewers are calibrated for this bottle, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 3,275 reviewers with at least two ratings each feeds the raw-average track.
- Cohort
- White · New Zealand · 1,064 wines
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Cohort: White · New Zealand
Closest peers
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