{"id":593,"date":"2010-05-15T23:54:44","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T23:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=593"},"modified":"2010-05-15T23:54:44","modified_gmt":"2010-05-15T23:54:44","slug":"montana-sauvignon-blanc-and-the-oddly-priced-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/new-zealand\/montana-sauvignon-blanc-and-the-oddly-priced-reserve","title":{"rendered":"Montana Sauvignon Blanc and the oddly priced Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMGP0442.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-594\" title=\"IMGP0442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMGP0442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMGP0442.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMGP0442-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMGP0442-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMGP0442-400x274.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMontana&#8217;s Sauvignon Blanc is almost always a benchmark example of the Marlborough style, made in large quantities (so you can find it everywhere) and sold at an affordable price. I tried the 2009 version alongside the 2009 Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Asda&#8217;s pricing, where both are on the shelf, is hard to understand. The regular Montana Sauvignon Blanc 2009 is \u00a38.48. The Montana Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2009 is \u00a34.83, reduced from \u00a35.86 regular price. Why is the Reserve cheaper than the regular?<\/p>\n<p>The regular Sauvignon is fresh and precise with citrus and grapefruit characters: taut, pure and intense. The Reserve is much more aromatic, with lots of passionfruit and melon character, as well as some grassy, herby notes. It&#8217;s a richer, more attractive wine, and is a great bargain at \u00a34.83.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montana&#8217;s Sauvignon Blanc is almost always a benchmark example of the Marlborough style, made in large quantities (so you can find it everywhere) and sold at an affordable price. I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,16],"tags":[352,355],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand","category-sauvignon-blanc","tag-new-zealand","tag-sauvignon-blanc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":595,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}