• • jlhalstead1
  • 23 June 2011
  5 out of 5

  Recommended

  Stunning rich flavours. Need to serve with strong flavoured food. Starts stong with buttery overtones, finishes with almost sour goosberries. The very opposite of insipid. I love it.

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• • garry@metcalf28.plus.com
  • 13 August 2011
  5 out of 5

  Order some more

  Initially only 3 bottles as a trial - but after universal praise by all who have shared the 3 - am ordering more. A far more subtle sauvignon blanc. Very smooth. Buttery. None of the acidity sometimes associated with this grape.

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• • touchwood
  • 31 March 2013
  1 out of 5

  Bought on the strength of the reviews and having tasted most of the NZ South Island wineries Sauvignon Blanc

  Am I missing something?no nose,very flat and virtually tastless with a peppery aftertaste,nothing like any Sauvignon Blanc grape that I have ever tasted,sentiments shared by my wife,drank half of the bottle and gave the other half to our daughter,awaiting her comments.

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• • clarissa
  • 8 March 2013
  5 out of 5

  What a surprise

  Crikey, this wine is good. Opened it prior to dinner but we had finished it before lifting a fork. Definitely buying more. Amazing value when purchasing two or more.

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• • burdiebabe
  • 26 November 2012
  5 out of 5

  A exceptional wine every time Ive brought this to a dinner party its been a roaring success . Bursting with gooseberry flavours.... Just perfect for all palettes

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• • JCD60
  • 4 November 2012
  4 out of 5

  A delicious surprise

  A million miles away from the acidic, one-dimensional SBs all too prevalent in the sub £10 price range. The leafy, brambley nose doesn't really prepare you for such a rich, round mouthful, full of warm, green fruits, before finishing with a sharp tang of gooseberry. It might not be that sophisticated, but it is vivid and delicious - you really do get the sense that this wine is Pouilly-Fume's next door neighbour. £8 for this? Bargain.

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Press Reviews

• • The Telegraph

  More subtle than cheap New Zealand versions (2011 Vintage)

  "Côteaux du Giennois is a Loire appellation making sauvignon blanc. Its time has arrived, proving more subtle than cheap New Zealand versions, but less costly than top sancerre. Stella loves Domaine de Villargeau 2011, Côteaux du Giennois. (Susy Atkins, The Telegraph, 10th March 2013)"

• • THE INDEPENDENT

  Delivers gooseberry and pear flavours (2011 Vintage)

  "Nettle and blackcurrant leaf aromas and a zesty quality of fruit that delivers gooseberry and pear flavours. (Anthony Rose, The Independent, 6th October 2012)"

• • Victoria Moore
  • Telegraph

  "An interesting Loire sauvignon blanc that's beginning to transform into something quite different from the sharp model that might spring to mind. It's taking on honeyed notes (think confit pear drizzled with honey), and has a plump mouthful and rounded grassy taste, then just as it feels too succulent, sour gooseberries and a soft limestone quality cut in."