I cut my teeth on the "Icon" bottling in my early days of starting to really enjoy wine. It perhaps made the Kiwi style, my preferred one. So I finally wanted to check out the regular bottling of SB from them.
The nose matches those same crunchy, ripe orchard fruits and that telltale freshly mown grassiness along with bright grapefruit citrus that the Icon bottling has. There is a fun salinity to the nose as well.
It's got surprisingly mellow acidity given all that action on the nose. It exhibits super fresh flavors of lychee, Papple pear, passionfruit water, and sweetened ruby grapefruit. I think perhaps the Icon has more prominent brightness and acid, or maybe it's just this vintage. I'll have to explore more. It's on the lighter side, washes clean on the palate and is super easy drinking and very food friendly. Think light white fish, roast chicken, sushi or any manner of bitter greens and other salads. It'll work nicely with a pesto pasta as well.
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