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VILLA MARIA RESERVE NOBLE SEMILLON BOTRYTIS SELECTION 2011 375ml

Product Code: 3799
Country: New Zealand
Region: Marlborough
Sub Region: Wairau Valley
Style: Dessert
Variety: Botrytis / Late Harvest
Producer: Villa Maria

Closure: Screw Cap
Unit: Each
Volume: 375ml
Alcohol: 10.0%
Grape: 100% Semillon

Original price was: $38.99.Current price is: $31.99.

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Winery notes (2011 Vintage)
"Attractive Sémillon aromas and rich concentration are accompanied by intense Noble Botrytis characters of guava, mango and dried fruits. The palate is characteristically mouthfilling displaying an array of citrus varietal fruit flavours, root ginger and honeyed botrytis nuances. This intensely flavoured wine exhibits a finely balanced acidity and will gain further complexity and integration with careful cellaring.

Located on the southern boundary of the central valley floor in the Wairau Valley, the Longfield Vineyard is characterised by clay and loam based soils. Pruned to balance the site naturally it exhibits concentrated fruit and is encouraged to develop botrytis early. With careful late season management, the fruit is harvested after the botrytis has drawn much of the berries’ moisture, concentrating sugar, acid and flavour."

5 Stars Michael Cooper (2011 Vintage)
"Grown in the Longfield Vineyard, in the Wairau Valley, the 2011 vintage is a golden, honey-sweet wine (190 grams/litre of residual sugar), handled without oak. It shows a powerful botrytis influence, with rich, peachy, rounded flavours, showing lovely poise and depth. Liquid honey."

5 Stars & Top 5 Cuisine NZ Dessert Wines Tasting 2013 (2011 Vintage)
"This sublime expression triggered comparisons with Sauternes, France’s great botrytised semillon. Gorgeous scents (lanolin and honey) pave the way to a rich, ambrosia-like mouthful. Its depth, seamless purity and length are all exemplary. The classic Sauternes food match also applies here: the luxurious foie gras."

We provide a door to door delivery service nationwide. Delivery charges are calculated on a 12 bottle case or part there of.

Delivery charges are calculated during the checkout process based off your address post code. Please ensure you choose the correct post code. We will advise you if you have chosen the incorrect post code.

You may also choose to 'pick up' your order from our wine shop at 188 Durham Street South, Christchurch.

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If for any reason you are not entirely happy with your order or you suspect that it may be affected by a quality issue, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will remedy the problem straight away. Contact us on (03) 3655134.

Note, for orders of 1 - 2 bottles we charge an additional $6 for packaging. To ensure the safety of the bottles we use specially designed posting boxes.

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George Fistonich started Villa Maria in 1961 at just 21 years of age, by himself. In 2009 he would receive New Zealand's first knighthood for services to the wine industry.
Since it's beginnings on a 5-acre block in Mangere, Auckland, Villa Maria has opened a winery in Marlborough (2000), a winery and vineyard park in Auckland (2005), and a winery in Hawkes Bay (2018).
Awards & Accolades:
- World's 50 Most Admired Wine Brands by Drinks International UK - Placing seven times and achieving a placing of 4th
- New Zealand Wine Producer of the Year - International Wine & Spirit Competition (UK - 2009, 2007, 2006 & 2004)
- At NZ International Wine Show (Winestate, AUS - 2019) Villa Maria is named Wine Company of the Year
Villa Maria made a pioneering move to 100% screwcaps in 2001