Riposte Wines The Foil Sauvignon Blanc 2024
- 92
- $24
- Drink by: 2025-2027
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A Sauvignon that brings both citrus fruits and grassy herbal notes together, nicely balanced, and the drinker is the winner. There is no shouter here, no single varietal flavour dominating as you so often see with Sauvignon Blanc and, because of that, it’s a wine that will undoubtedly attract a wide audience. Don’t get me wrong, it remains unmistakably Sauvignon with a gentle herbal edge to the citrus flavours, and passionfruit pulp plays a pretty significant role in tantalising the tastebuds on the palate, but it remains balanced, juicy and a bit of an all-round charmer. Acidity is fresh and vital and the strong intent here is to enjoy this wine in its youth.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
