Reserve Du Chateau 6 Week Wine Kit, South African Sauvignon Blanc, 55-Pound Container

A real bargain, especially if youare n Amazon Prime customer. I am a huge fan of the new flavor profile of Sauvignon blanc that has grown out of the new New Zealand styles. The crazy quilt f dry, topical, slty, limey, gooseberry flavors and aromas make the New New World Sauvignon (NZ, Chile, South Africa) one of mot complex and gratifying white wines out there. This S. A. version is exemplary. Beautifully aromatic, full of spice, pine, green apples and grapefruit notes, long dryf finish. This is a really nice bottle wine AND it cost me less than two bucks a bottle. Yiu cannot beat that.

One suggestion, i used R2 yeast rather than the EC-1118 that came with it, and I believe that kicked up the greener flavors I like in SV.

Nice kit and fermenation went well and the wine finished nice and dry, but it has not so subtle anise charater that is not suited to a patio white wine. Not sure if this is a charaterisic of this appellation or what, but I will order the New Zealand kit next time. I keg, rather than bottle, the wine so I have the flexibility of pouring one glass or one liter and it does mix nicely, so I see a lot of sangrias this summer.

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