Mount Fishtail Surly Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 offers a unique twist on New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc by using Bordeaux clones and French sur lie aging techniques. Available at Costco for $12.69, this family-owned winery produces a wine that’s distinctly different from 99% of New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs on the market.
• Sur lie winemaking leaves dead yeast and grape residue in contact with the wine, adding flavor and structure
• Mount Fishtail uses rare Sauvignon Blanc clones from Bordeaux rather than typical New Zealand varieties
• The wine features tropical fruit, pineapple, and peach flavors instead of traditional grassiness
• At 13.5% alcohol, it has enough body to pair with seafood, fancy salads, and especially pineapple shrimp
• The vineyard’s low yield (half the typical amount) concentrates flavors as vines focus energy on fewer grapes
• Widely available for $12-15, representing excellent value for a unique, high-quality Sauvignon Blanc
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Introducing Mount Fishtail Sauvignon Blanc
Speaker 1
0:04
Hey , domain , dave , cheap wine fighter , calm . Another wine review . Like we always do , we write up a wine , value priced wine , and this time we've got one from Costco which was $12.69 , which indicates a manufacturer's special . But this wine normally costs between $12 and $15 anyway . It's the Mount Fishtail Surly Marlboro Sauvignon Blanc 2024 . And of course you're saying , okay , it's Marlboro Sauvignon Blanc .
Speaker 1
0:38
So what hasn't been done before and this is where that Surly in the name comes from , it's S-U-R-L-I-E , it's often from France hasn't been done before . And this is where that surlis in the name
Sur Lie Winemaking Explained
Speaker 1
0:45
comes from . It's S-U-R-L-I-E , it's often from France , it is enlis O-N-L-E-E-S . What that means ? The lis are the yeast . After it's done its job , the dead yeast falls to the bottom of the tank along with whatever grape skin or grape pulp , whatever that got through the screens during the grape pressing process , and it falls to the bottom of the tank of the fermented wine . And if you leave it in there with the wine , all that residue on the bottom gives flavor and structure . And if you happen to stir the lees , you might see that as batonnage . Batonnage means stick . It means I stir the lees . You know it's stir a bunch of dead stuff with a stick , but batonage sounds in France , sounds really great . But there you go . But it makes a difference . So what else makes a difference ?
Speaker 1
1:54
The Mount Fishtail
Unique Bordeaux Clones in Marlborough
Speaker 1
1:55
? They're a family owned winery in the Waru district , upper Waru , which is in the heights of the northern of Marlborough , the northern end of the South Island . They are one of the very , very , very few wineries that use Sauvignon Blanc clones from Bordeaux . Bordeaux Blanc is Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon and those wines can be some of the wines that are the most expensive and the longest lasting . They can go 25 years in the world . Now you can also get value priced ones there too , and that's not what this is . But that is Sauvignon Blanc from . There is a deal and the Surly is the way they make it in the lower valley with Sancerre and all those really good lower valley Sauvignon Blancs . That just tastes delicious . Not that Marlboro doesn't , but this wine , this Mount Fishtail , sir Lee , is made different and Mount Fishtail says it's different than 99% of all the other New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs
Tasting Notes and Food Pairings
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3:15
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Speaker 1
3:15
I'm gonna take a sip . It's got a real tropical fruit , pineapple , peach flavor to it which is kind of different . You don't get that grassiness . It's delicious . I mean this is a spring's day in a bottle . I mean the nose is bright and pretty , the flavors are all like a potpourri of fruit and citrus . It's really kind of a pretty wine For under $13, .
Speaker 1
4:00
This wine actually brings a lot to the table . You put a nice chill on this wine and bring on the summer heat . I mean this is just one of those really good sipping wines . It's got enough body . It's 13.5 on the alcohol and you could have a fancy salad with this . You could have shrimp , you could have whitefish , you could do that type thing . Crab legs would go fine with this . Though , if you can get that pineapple thing Pineapple , pineapple , shrimp , coated shrimp I mean all those things are here for this inexpensive , easy-to-drink bottle of wine . It's at Costco , it's everywhere else . I haven't seen it online anywhere for over $15 . And it's been , you know , close $12 to $13 , $14 , $15 . Not a bad price for a wine that's unique , because you're getting Bordeaux , you're getting Lower Valley and you're getting New Zealand , and it's not exactly any of them . I'm gonna take another sip .
Speaker 1
5:09
Another thing they did is they
Low Yield Vineyards and Final Thoughts
Speaker 1
5:12
? The yield of the vineyard is about half of the typical yield , and when you get less grapes , that means the vines have to put more production into fewer grapes , which you tend to get better grapes . That way you can overgrow a vineyard . You can have too many grapes . So there's only so much goodness for the vines to give , and you get too many and you're kind of not as good . So here they're , the vines are giving the grapes all that they got to give , and along with the surly , which works , along with the , the clones , which work , and along with the what's in your glass , which really works well . So , adios , that's it for me .
Speaker 1
5:56
Domaine Davis , this is a good summer wine the Mount Fish Tale , sur Lee Marlboro , sauvignon Blanc 2024 . I got it for $12.69 at Costco , but it's available elsewhere for around the same price . Adios , keep it cheap . I've got another . I've got a Sonoma cab from Costco coming up next . We'll do that in a couple of days . But this is I didn't know what to expect and I got something good . So , adios , I'll talk to everybody a bit later . Bye-bye , keep it cheap .
