New Zealand Makutu Bay

Posted On February 25, 2010

A New Zealand Marlborough sauvignon blanc at less than five pounds is worth noticing.  This one was on sale in Sainsbury’s at £4.99, which is half the usual price.  Wow!  That’s almost too good to be true.  I bought a bottle to try with some fish.  Alas, it was too good to be true.  I was waiting for the familiar gooseberry or citrus zing you get with the first mouthful, but this one disappointed.  It was rather thin and almost watery.  I don’t mean thin as in strength, but thin as in taste.  I see that some critics liked it, but on this occasion I won’t join them.  It was simply not to my taste and I won’t be having it again.