Misty Cove Tamāhine Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $35 Named after the first ferry connecting New Zealand’s North and South Island, this is a stylishly crafted fumé blanc, where beautifully balanced French oak fermentation cloaks fresh apple, watercress, peach and passionfruit plushness. Soft white pepper, marzipan, pollen and bruised basil add extra layers of complexity to … Read More
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Mount Four The Siblings Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Mount Four The Siblings Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $28 Made in a unique style by French winemaker Marie Navailles, this Marlborough Sauvignon roars with elderflower and lemon blossom, soft basil and lemonade layers. It’s gently textural with a mineral-laced finish, creamy length of flavour and a style and personality all its own. Very different to … Read More
Jules Taylor Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025
Jules Taylor Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025 $22-24 If you’ve been looking for herbaceousness, citrus-ness and buckets of tropicality then you’ve come to the right place. Classically structured, showing lovely balance of depth and zestiness and solid length of flavour. It’s a very well made style that’s lipsmacking and lush. Watch video review here Jules Taylor
Monowai Hawke’s Bay Field Blend 2025 SBPG70-30
Monowai Hawke’s Bay Field Blend 2025 SBPG70-30 Quite a tropical, peachy style with a herbaceous backbone and solid acidity all wrapped around a pop of nashi sweetness at its core. Highly aromatic, lemongrass, soft baking spices, apple and a glorious gush of guava. Chilled down and dished out on a hot afternoon with some jalapeno … Read More
Red Hut Awatere Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2025
Red Hut Awatere Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2025 $24.99 Delivering classic lemongrass, smashed herbs, bruised basil, tomato stalk and loads of lime zest roar across the nose and palate,this Sauvignon Blanc is heaving with herbaceousness and classic Awatere Valley florality.
Two Rivers Convergence Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025
Two Rivers Convergence Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025 $22 Crafted by winemaker Dave Clouston, this is one of the best value Sauvignon Blanc’s on the market. Brand new and erupting with lemony sweetness, passionfruit sorbet, buckets of mandarin and basil burst across the tongue and gums. It’s delicious now, but I’d love to revisit it in … Read More
Four Daughters Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Four Daughters Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 Lemongrass and bruised basil merge with classic cut grass and white pepper characters on the nose. Fresh and yet showing a smoky undertone on the nose and palate and finishing with a ripe lemon and passionfruit punchiness. Uncomplicated and fruity.
Soljans Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Soljans Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $25 Erupting with bright passionfruit, lemonade, lime zest, bright peach and buckets of fresh green herbs and plucky peapod notes, this Sauvignon Blanc is classic sunshine in a bottle stuff. Gentle, juicy, cleansing and citrus-stacked, it’s tropic-tastic to sip. Soljans Estate
Spoke Resolute Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Spoke Resolute Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 I love that winemaker Ben Glover has used the words ‘feral fermentation’ on the back label of this wine because that’s exactly what’s happened to create this fabulously funky, moody, broody style. Wild yeasts, a long, slow ferment, and extended time being matured on its lees has created a … Read More
Jules Taylor OTQ Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Jules Taylor OTQ Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $35-$45 Created from fruit grown in the Altimarloch vineyard in Marlborough’s upper Awatere Valley, one of the coldest sites in the region, the Jules Taylor Wines OTQ Sauvignon Blanc 2022 ($35-$45) is a style that Jules herself has been tinkering with “on the quiet” ever since she began … Read More