Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2025 vs Domaine de Maltaverne Pouilly-Fume 2025
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Domaine de Maltaverne Pouilly-Fume 2025 currently starts £2.51 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £26.50 | £23.99 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Cloudy Bay | Pouilly Fume |
| Style | White | White |
| Grape | Sauvignon Blanc | Sauvignon Blanc |
| Region | Marlborough | Loire |
| Country | New Zealand | — |
| ABV | 13% | — |
| Sweetness | Dry | Dry |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2025
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc is the wine that put Marlborough on the world map. Since its first vintage in 1985, Cloudy Bay has been the benchmark for New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, celebrated for its purity, intensity, and remarkable balance. This is a very concentrated wine, with a nose of Kaffir lime and grapefruit. The palate is generous with ripe citrus and white stone fruit, balanced by crunchy acidity. A clear mineral finish with richness and poise. Why You'll Love It This is the iconic Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc, the wine that established Marlborough's global reputation. Since 1985, Cloudy Bay has been crafting Sauvignon Blanc that combines intensity with elegance, concentration with freshness. The grapes are sourced from carefully selected vineyards across Marlborough, benefiting from the region's unique combination of long sunshine hours, cool nights, and free-draining soils. The winemaking emphasizes purity and precision, with gentle handling and careful fermentation to preserve the vibrant fruit character while developing complexity and texture. This is New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc at its finest - concentrated, balanced, and beautifully poised. Region & Winemaking Produced by Cloudy Bay in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand. Grapes are sourced from carefully selected vineyards across Marlborough, benefiting from long sunshine hours, cool nights, and free-draining soils. The winemaking emphasizes gentle handling and careful fermentation to preserve vibrant fruit character while developing complexity and texture. Tasting Notes Very concentrated with a nose of Kaffir lime and grapefruit. The palate is generous with ripe citrus and white stone fruit, balanced by crunchy acidity. A clear mineral finish with richness and poise. Food Pairing Perfect with fresh oysters, grilled fish, seafood pasta, goat's cheese salads, and Asian cuisine. Also excellent as an aperitif. The concentrated fruit and mineral finish make it versatile for a wide range of dishes. Grape V
Domaine de Maltaverne Pouilly-Fume 2025
Domaine de Maltaverne Pouilly-Fumé is a benchmark expression of Sauvignon Blanc from one of the Loire 's most quietly assured producers. Gilles Maudry farms his kimmeridgian-soiled vineyards organically and vinifies with a rare hands-off conviction, producing a dry white wine of striking mineral precision and genuine depth. A wine that rewards those who seek out fine French white wine at its most authentic. Why You'll Love It This is Pouilly-Fumé at its most characterful. Where many producers in the appellation curtail malolactic fermentation to preserve sharp acidity, Gilles Maudry allows it to run its full natural course, a deliberate and rare choice that adds texture and roundness without sacrificing the wine's signature mineral edge. Fifteen months on fine lees build further complexity, resulting in a wine that is simultaneously crisp and richly layered. Outstanding quality from a producer who lets the terroir do the talking. Vineyard & Production The vineyards are planted on kimmeridgian soil, fossilised clay-chalk prized for its ability to deliver low yields and exceptional mineral intensity, with south-southwest-facing slopes for maximum sun exposure. The vineyard is managed organically. Harvesting is carried out by hand and machine depending on conditions. In the winery, fermentation is driven entirely by indigenous yeasts, full malolactic fermentation runs its natural course, and the wine spends 15 months in contact with fine lees, enriching flavour and freshness. The estate's distinctive label depicts ammonite fossil shells found in the vineyard, sketched by a wine lover after a memorable tasting. Tasting Notes Ripe gooseberry and guava on the nose, with citrus zest and a classic herbaceous lift. On the palate, the wine is steely and dry with a thread of gunflint minerality running through the mid-palate. Elegant and multi-layered, with a long, fresh finish. Awarded 92/100 by WINE Magazine: "Lemon zest on the nose and the palate. Ripe guava, good acidity,
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