The Monkey is Less Funky

Monkey Bay
2005 Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough
$9.99
Shane’s Notes

Andrea Immer said that Monkey Bay beat Cloudy Bay in several blind taste tests. Otherwise, we never would have bought a bottle of wine with such a cute label. Anyway, this is a fantastic sauvignon blanc for the price, but it doesn’t beat the funkier, grassier Cloudy Bay.

The aroma shows grass and grapefruit. The palate is slightly grassy up front while the mid palate is very concentrated and fruit forward showing grapefruit and key lime. The finish is quite long. We hope Marlborough continues to churn out these pure sb’s for a long time to come.