Zenith Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

[Innkeeper]

2002 Zenith, Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough ($11 SHWC). Fresh muscadines on the nose, transforming to ripe pears upfront. Asked my truelove (a Georgia/Floridian) if she detected any guava. She said it was "a little like banana guava, but not cherry guava." Grassy complexity with lovely acidity across the palate. Dan Berger found gooseberry, hay, and olives in it; not us. A very, very nice finish. Matched it with broiled sea scallops, and green beans almondine. Wonderful! We would get this again without any problem if found on a winelist. We prefer the less grassy Hawks Bay SBs better.