Mills Reef Reserve Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $20 – $25 Classic, ripe, robust Hawke’s Bay signatures sing in this wine, with pungent jalapeno, lime, passionfruit and bruised basil merging with red apple and clean capsicum characters. Zesty acidity is complimented by crushed shell minerality and a lacing of creamy complexity on the finish. It’s … Read More
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Little Big Wolf Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Little Big Wolf Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $32 So the messaging might be a teensy bit cryptic if you’re looking at the back label, and if you visit the website it’s a bit of a mission to find out exactly “who” is behind the brand. There are many mentions of ‘we’ and ‘our family’ and … Read More
Rapaura Springs Bull Paddock Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Rapaura Springs Bull Paddock Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $27.99 Grown in the Dillons Point sub-region of Marlborough, this new vintage is laced with jalapeno, green olive, and green capsicum crunchiness. Hints of tomato leaf, bruised basil, lemon, grapefruit and a splash of smoked passionfruit make for a pretty darn delicious sip. It opens up … Read More
Tiki Single Vineyard North Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Tiki North Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $20 – $23 The McKean family has been the force behind Tiki since planting an old Waipara sheep farm in vines in the early 2000s. Sauvignon blanc vines thrive under the baking North Canterbury summer sun, and their vigour is kept in check by those skin-mummifying brain-meltingly hot and … Read More
Maui North Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Maui North Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $20 A perky, bright, energetic young sauvignon blanc showing classic North Canterbury characters of fresh peach and passionfruit, creamy lemon and easy-breezy tropical notes alongside a twang of herbaceousness. Uncomplicated, easy, and super-sippable, it should be enjoyed super-chilled. Tiki Wines (note) the wine is only sold by the … Read More
Brightwater Lord Rutherford Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Brightwater Lord Rutherford Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $29 Whenever Gary and Valley Neale release a wine under their Lord Rutherford brand, you know it will be something different. Winemaker Steve Gill shepherds the fruit through the winery and into the bottle, introducing layers of lemongrass, lemon verbena, lemon zest, in fact all the lemony-est things … Read More
Heaphy Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Heaphy Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $19 The pale, white-gold colour might lead you to assume this is going to be a light, frilly style, yet as soon as you sip you’ll be sucked deep into herbaceous depths of smoked red capsicum, bruised lemongrass, fresh basil and tomato stalk notes. It’s a complex and generous style … Read More
Zephyr Organic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Zephyr Organic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $24 Roaring with red apple, red capsicum, sweet pea and peachy character, this citrus-stacked sauvignon has gentle herbaceousness, soft acidity, tropical complexity and a lick of salted lime and jalapeno on the finish. Sourced from the Glover family’s ‘Brawn’ vineyard located in the Dillons Point sub-region, it’s a gently … Read More
Chateau Garage Orca Corca Bianco 2023
Chateau Garage Orca Corca Bianco 2023 $35 A brand new style from viticulturist-turned-winemaker Ollie Powrie and his tiny team at Chateau Garage, the Orca Corca is sauvignon blanc but not as you’d know it. Sourced from an organic site located out in Maraekakaho, west of Hastings, the fruit was hand harvested and the juice was … Read More
Villa Maria Taylors Pass Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Villa Maria Taylors Pass Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $30 Awatere Valley sauvignon blanc has its own signature. Florals, fresh nettles, white peach, green apple and bruised basil assail the nostrils and roar around the gums. It’s fresh yet gentle on the palate, so if you’re not a fan of squinty acidity then you’re in luck … Read More