Forrest Wines continues to lead the New Zealand field with its low-alcohol wines thanks to the scientific research done by its founder on reducing the sugar-producing leaves on the canopy. It offers impressive texture for a wine that has just 9.5% alcohol, and while many lower-alcohol Sauvignons can look green, this is fully ripe with a decent body offering tropical characters such as pineapple, along with a few blades of grass. Drinking Window: 2018-2020. Score - 89. (Rebecca Gibb, MW, decanter.com, Oct. 29, 2018) Forrest Wines continues to lead the New Zealand field with its low-alcohol wines thanks to the scientific research done by its founder on reducing the sugar-producing leaves on the canopy. It offers impressive texture for a wine that has just 9.5% alcohol, and while many lower-alcohol Sauvignons can look green, this is fully ripe with a decent body offering tropical characters such as pineapple, along with a few blades of grass. Drinking Window: 2018-2020. Score - 89. (Rebecca Gibb, MW, decanter.com, Oct. 29, 2018) 750 mL bottle