Allan Scott Estate Wines

Wine is a truly family affair for the Scott family who have been making wine in Marlborough since the early 90’s. Allan was responsible for planting some of the regions most famous vineyards, so it’s fair to say he knows a bit about tending vines and his son Josh is the winemaker who coaxes the best out of the fruit. Tropical as all get out, with grapefruit and a touch of regional herbaceousness on the nose, passionfruit dominates with notes of nettle then lovely balanced acids. It’s as bracing as a cold shower while being pelted by passion fruits.

The 2010 Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc has an array of tropical flavours on the nose, with grapefruit and a slight herbaceousness tempered by a nice minerality. The tropical notes, particularly passionfruit follow through to the palate, a hint of nettles showing through, with slight gooseberry characters. All finished off with a good mid palate structure, nicely balanced natural acidity and excellent length. Serving Suggestions: Sauvignon Blanc can be enjoyed on many occasions: either on its own as an aperitif, or accompanied by seafood and salad dishes. Serve lightly chilled.

Rich, toasty, yeasty fragrance. Crisp, lively and concentrated, with fresh, citrusy, yeasty, complex flavours and a finely balanced, dryish, lengthy finish. (100% chardonnay)

This is 100 per cent chardonnay from a single Marlborough vineyard. Aged on the yeast lees for around two years before being disgorged and, after a sugar addition up to five grams per litre, bottled. Light, fresh and gently aromatic wine with a core of lovely, fruity acidity and an ethereal texture. Citrus fruit and crisp, apple-like flavours dominate in this fruit-focused wine although a seasoning of yeast-derived nutty flavours nutty flavours is evident. A delicious drink at a pretty good price.

Light to medium yellow-green; the bouquet has attractive lime and toast fruit, with plenty of style. The palate is flavoursome with fresh lemony /lime juice fruit; good length and equally good balance.

Light to medium yellow-green; the bouquet is fragrant and clean, with gooseberry fruit aromas; the palate has excellent pungency with more gooseberry flavour; the crisp acidity gives a classic Sauvignon Blanc bite to the finish.

The 2008 vintage was pretty difficult for Marlborough and so you would normally find more positive flavours in the Allan Scott wines. However, this does have good fruit weight and some attractive appley characters

Light yellow-green; the bouquet is clean, but light and lacking the intensity of the best wines of the vintage; the palate, similarly, is clean, crisp and fresh, with just a touch of passionfruit and gentle acid on the finish. Easy drinking.

Light yellow-green; the bouquet is clean, but relatively closed; the palate has citrus and lime flavours braced by a touch of mineral; good length supported by a carefully judged touch (8.5 grams) of residual sugar which is all but undetectable.

Light to medium green-yellow; somewhat surprisingly, the bouquet is clean and tight, and the oak in balance with the fruit. The palate opens in similar fashion, but then the oak and mlf characters come through forcefully on the finish.

Dense red-purple; high-toned berry and herb aromas on the bouquet lead into an exceptionally luscious palate, crammed with sweet berry fruit, and finishing with soft tannins.

Light green-yellow; the bouquet is crisp, clean and minerally, with touches of herb and spice. The palate is near-dry, crisp, tight and refreshing.

Light green-yellow; the bouquet is spotlessly clean and quite delicate, with a mix of passionfruit and more minerally characters. The palate follows down the same track, perhaps more mineral than tropical, but with echoes of the passionfruit running through a long palate with pleasant grip on the finish.

Sauternes style, fermented in old French oak barriques and harbouring an advanced level of sweetness. Golden and fleshy, with a rich, oily texture and luscious, botrytised, apricot-like flavours.

Showing lemon and orange citrus tones and a distinct tropical pineapple aroma, while orange blossom, white stonefruit and spice characters abound. Continuing through to the palate these flavours and the spice complexities combine with the structural compounds of acid and phenolics, resulting in a mouth watering wine with a finish that lasts.

A fresh and invigorating aromatic mix of tropical passionfruit aromas with a hint of varietal herbaceous notes adding to the complexity of the nose. The palate is crisp and lively with a flavoursome arrat of tropical passionfruit and pineapple underpinned with zesty citrus acid giving this wine great mouthfeel and a well balanced refreshing finish

Elegant, crisp and lively blend of pinot noir and chardonnay, disgorged after 18 months on its yeast lees. Citrusy, appley, moderately yeasty flavours and a tight-knit, lingering finish.

Finely balanced, citrusy, slightly biscuity wine with good depth of flavour. Fresh and crisp, with some elegance and complexity.

Pale pink/onion skin hue. Fresh and crisp, with moderately yeasty flavours, hints of oranges and strawberries, and a long, fairly dry finish. (100% pinot noir)

Deeply coloured, with a bouquet of herbs and spices and good depth of cherry, spice and olive flavours, seasoned with nutty oak. Weighty, rich wine that impressed the panel more with power than finesse.