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Saint Clair Family Estate – Great Wine in the heart of Marlborough, New Zealand

April 23, 2010
by Wendy
red wine, white wine, wine, Wine Country, wine tasting, wineries, wineries. winery, winetasting
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Saint Clair Family Estate Winery is in Marlborough, a wine region right near Blenheim.
Saint Clair Family Estate Winery is in Marlborough, a wine region right near Blenheim.
We started out our Marlborough wine tasting at the Saint Clair Family Estate winery.  They produce a number of different varieties of wine, including some red wines.  If you live in the United States you may well be able to find their wines locally – they export to all but three states (naturally California isn’t one of them…sigh).

We tasted the:

Riesling – Very dry.  Not fruity enough for us.

Tasting room at  Saint Clair Family Estate winery, in Marlborough, near Blenheim, New Zealand.
Tasting room at Saint Clair Family Estate winery, in Marlborough, near Blenheim, New Zealand.
Sauvignon Blanc, Pioneer Block – $23NZD, very fruity and nice.

Gewürztraminer #12, Pioneer Block – Very sweet and fruity.

2007 Merlot (Pioneer Block 14) – Fruity with a strong after-taste

2007 Pinot, Rapaura Reserve – We REALLY wanted to like this wine.  They seemed so proud of it.  But sadly we found it oddly smoky with a strong, unpleasant aftertaste.  Sigh.

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