Pegasus Bay Sauvignon Semillon
$4499each
$539DOZEN
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Sauvignon Blanc
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
Each $44.99
$539.00
Available in cartons of six
Waipara River passes through a town of the same name on its course to Pegasus Bay, thirty minutes north of Christchurch. The vines enjoy a sheltered position near the sea, where warm days, cool nights and a dry autumn, result in a very prolonged ripening period. Pegasus Bay believe that patience and attention to detail are central to growing the most powerful fruit and vinifying the most compelling wines. Concentrated and rich, a backbone of tangy mineral and acid helps to dry out the palate all the way across to the zippy finish, lingering, spicey and dry.
Sauvignon Blanc is harvested in stages to provide a spectrum of flavours, while the Semillon is left on the vines as long as possible to develop ripe, fully mature characters. Grapes are gently pressed and the juices are naturally inoculated through the action of localised indigenous yeasts. Sauvignon Blanc is vinified in fermenters at lower temperatures to retain the vibrancy of fruit, Semillon is treated to a course in old oak barriques, enhancing structure, richness and length. Upon completion, components are rested on yeast lees (sue lie) for several months to add luxurious textures and flavours, before an assemblage determined by tastings, into the final wine.
TASTING NOTES
Light straw hues. Exotic aromas, tropical spice and turkish musk, passionfruit and paw paw, supported by an array of citrus fruits and wild thyme. Good concentration in the mouth, refined and elegant with a spine of tingling minerality and crisp acidity. Semillon adds mid palate weight, the French add Semillon to Sauvignon Blanc for longevity, Pegasus Bay is designed to evolve engaging complexity.
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Main Divide Pinot Noir
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Fruit Pinot Noir
Regions Canterbury Waipara
  New Zealand
  Each $29.99
  $359.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Aria Late Picked Riesling
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Fruit Riesling
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $58.99
  $707.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Bel Canto Dry Riesling
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Fruit Riesling
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $53.99
  $647.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Chardonnay
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Fruit Chardonnay
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $55.99
  $671.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Encore Noble Riesling 375ml
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Fruit Riesling
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $50.99
  $611.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Finale Noble Semillon Sauvignon 375ml
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Fruit Semillon SauvBlanc
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $50.99
  $611.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Merlot Cabernet
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Fruit CabernetSauv Merlot
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $44.99
  $539.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Pinot Noir
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Pinot Noir
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $66.99
  $803.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Prima Donna Pinot Noir
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Pinot Noir
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $124.99
  $1499.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Riesling
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Riesling
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $42.99
  $515.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Sauvignon Semillon
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Sauvignon Blanc
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $44.99
  $539.00
Available in cartons of six
    [ Details ]
About the Pegasus Bay Winery
The Donaldson family have been seriously involved in wine since the early 1970s and were pioneers of local grape growing and wine making in the South Island's Waipara
Associate Professor and Consultant Neurologist, Ivan Donaldson, is a wine writer and wine judge. He also oversees viticulture and wine styles. His wife, Christine, is business manager and as a passionate opera lover, organises annual operatic concerts in Pegasus Bay's natural amphitheatre. Their eldest son, Matthew, did an oenology degree and a postgraduate diploma in viticulture at Roseworthy College in Australia. He and his partner Lynnette Hudson, who graduated with distinction from Lincoln University with a postgraduate diploma in oenology and viticulture, are the winemakers. Pegasus Bay»