'05 Neil Ellis Sauvignon Blanc

[Innkeeper]

2005 Neil Ellis, Sauvignon Blanc, Stellenbosch ($14.99 SHWC). Tech data: Alcohol 13%, Residual sugar 2.5 g/litre, TA 6.8 g/litre, pH 3.35. It is a very well balanced wine with grapes from multiple vineyards. We bought a half box last year as a summer wine. We ended up drinking mostly red wines last summer, so only popped one bottle of this one and couldn’t find a post on it.

It gives you tropical fruit on the nose and upfront. There is more fruit with herbaceous overtones, and nice acid in the middle. It finished well. We matched it with baked crab and shrimp cakes, rolls, and peas. It all went together very well.

I was afraid it might be getting a little old, but it is aging very nicely.

[Innkeeper]

Another bottle tonight with crabcakes and English peas. Wonderful.

[Innkeeper]

Aging nicely it is. Popped another tonight with baked stuffed haddock, rice pilaf, and salad. It was certainly more mature, but not fading. Still have another left for another year or two!

[Innkeeper]

We killed the last bottle last night with stuffed sole, rice, and peas. It was the best bottle of the bunch. In retrospect, we should have kept all of them until now, tho all were enjoyable at the own age. A really nice and versatile SB.

[wondersofwine]

I'm finding some of my Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc are holding up for 6-7 years even though it wasn't my original intent to hold them that long.