KRSMA
Hampi Hills Sauvignon Blanc
India
This lovely wine has beautifully balanced, though rich, white fruit (white peach, nectarine) and white flower delicate floral overtones on a rich, intriguingly viscous core. This is an intriguing wine in many ways: (1) because it is far more like a rich, fruity, balanced (and blessedly not grotesquely over oaked as some competitors are) rounded Chardonnay than a Sauvignon Blanc, though the Sauvignon Blanc varietal element rests in the background, giving the wine a structure many Chardonnays lack, (2) this wine is produced in India, where one battles to find quality in the spread from ubiquitous Sula and similar wines, to some quite pretentious, over oaked, over extracted, Parkerized wines that are as undrinkable as their counterparts elsewhere, (3) the alcohol content is moderate, and (4) there is a consistency of profile from the moderately rich nose through the viscous mouthfeel through the relatively long, smooth finish. Bravo!
This lovely wine has beautifully balanced, though rich, white fruit (white peach, nectarine) and white flower delicate floral overtones on a rich, intriguingly viscous core. This is an intriguing wine in many ways: (1) because it is far more like a rich, fruity, balanced (and blessedly not grotesquely over oaked as some competitors are) rounded Chardonnay than a Sauvignon Blanc, though the Sauvignon Blanc varietal element rests in the background, giving the wine a structure many Chardonnays lack, (2) this wine is produced in India, where one battles to find quality in the spread from ubiquitous Sula and similar wines, to some quite pretentious, over oaked, over extracted, Parkerized wines that are as undrinkable as their counterparts elsewhere, (3) the alcohol content is moderate, and (4) there is a consistency of profile from the moderately rich nose through the viscous mouthfeel through the relatively long, smooth finish. Bravo!
Sep 3rd, 2015
The nose tells you that you have sauvignon blanc in your glass but in a very controlled voice. No cat pee or freshly mowed lawn but rather nectarine, lime and melon. Sold acidic structure and moderate complexity. The first wine I have tasted from India and I was very pleased.
The nose tells you that you have sauvignon blanc in your glass but in a very controlled voice. No cat pee or freshly mowed lawn but rather nectarine, lime and melon. Sold acidic structure and moderate complexity. The first wine I have tasted from India and I was very pleased.
Apr 20th, 2015