The Squealing Pig Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 is a wine I found selling for $13.99 at a local wine shop. The Squealing Pig brand; have a full line of New Zealand wines, which is part of the Treasury Wine Estate portfolio.
The Story
The Squealing Pig Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 is sourced from vineyards in the Awatere Valley in southern Marlborough on New Zealand’s South Island.
Often, sub-$20 NZ Sauvignon Blanc wines are sourced from all over the region, offering a taste of Marlborough wines. But here we have what they refer to as hidden vineyards from a single region.
The Squealing Pig website looks great, but the tasting notes for their wines have not been updated since 2017.
However, New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, especially in this price range, tends to follow a template. Ferment the grapes in stainless steel tanks, use several yeasts to bring out the desired flavor, and then age it for a short time in stainless tanks to give the wine time to balance, and then out the door it goes.
The alcohol content is a mild 12.5%.
The Squealing Pig Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 Tasting Notes
The color is a sunshine yellow. The nose is tropical fruit, apple, peach, and pear, with grapefruit and a pretty floral edge. The Squealing Pig Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 has a solid mouthfeel and balanced, delicious flavor.
This Sauvignon Blanc tastes like pineapple, lime, melon, grapefruit, ripe peach, juicy apple, and tropical fruit. The flavors are not spiky, and one flavor evolves into the next.
The acidity is well controlled and gives this wine length.
The Summary
- The Squealing Pig Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 is a very good wine with a very silly name.
- This is a must-try for Sauvignon Blanc fans.
