The Marlborist

Grande Sauvignon, 2023

Name: Grande Sauvignon
Brand: The Marlborist
Price: 21.79 GBP

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Summer Favourite
2023
75cl
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£21.79

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

With the aspiration to show what can really be achieved in Marlborough, this is a high-end, ambitious Sauvignon Blanc that has been made with a meticulous eye for quality. A barrel selection of the three best low yielding vineyards, fermented in old oak barrels of 500L and 228L, wild fermented, it ages for 15 months in French oak. Not bound by convention, this texturally satisfying, golden-fruited, multi-layered Sauvignon with hints of white flowers, flint, smoke and citrus is set to be one of the region’s best. Just 4,000bts made.

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GUARANTEED PROVENANCE

Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of utmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

90/100

Rebecca Gibb,

Vinous

Not your average Marlborough expression, the 2023 Grande Sauvignon offers an intriguing array of aromatics that's all blackcurrant leaf, sage, green capsicum and lemongrass. Wild fermented in French oak puncheons, this is lively, lithe and linear. While time on lees has brought texture to the palate, the firm line of acidity that runs through the 2023 is undeniable and leaves the mouth watering.

drinking window 2025 - 2029

date of review 03/2025

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.