Coal Pit Proprietor’s Reserve Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2022

June 28, 2023By Yvonne

Coal Pit Proprietor’s Reserve Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $44 Whoa there horsey! You’ll need to pull up, dismount and steady yourself for the first sniff and sip of this legendary Central Otago sauvignon. Powerful lemongrass, elderflower and marzipan merge with lemon pith and heavenly herbaceous tones to create a wine with flavour and texture … Read More

Falconhead Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022

June 25, 2023By Yvonne

Falconhead Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $15-$18 Hands down this is one of my favourite 2022 sauvignon blancs. It is so deliciously punchy and perfectly prickly in terms of its textures. Passionfruit, lemongrass, lime zest and bursting with basil, it has incredible citrus concentration and a lovely herbaceous layer running from sniff to sip to swallow. … Read More

Massey Dacta Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022

June 4, 2023By Yvonne

Massey Dacta Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $18 Named after the way the Glover kids couldn’t say the word ‘tractor’ when they were little, this is 750mls of Marlborough sunshine in a bottle, hooning across your tongue and doling out bales of basil, passionfruit, red capsicum, apple and lemon to your herd of tastebuds. It has … Read More

Trinity Hill Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022

May 18, 2023By Yvonne

Trinity Hill Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $24 A very attractive, limited edition Marlborough sauvignon blanc here from a Hawke’s Bay icon. Fresh, cleansing, loaded with tropicality and finishign with great tension – it’s a delight. Trinity Hill  

Carrick Central Otago Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2021

May 16, 2023By Yvonne

Carrick Central Otago Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $28 Paired with: Oven Baked Potato Spinach Feta Frittata by Annabel Langbein in the NZ Herald May 20 2023 Glory be to the creator. Of this sensational organic sauvignon blanc. Who happens to be winemaker Rosie Menzies. A long slow fermentation in older oak barrels followed by a … Read More

Grove Mill Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022

April 4, 2023By Yvonne

Grove Mill Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $15-$18 Loaded with lemongrass, bruised basil and crammed with classic cut-grass, passionfruit and buckets of energetic, bracing acidity. It’s a deliciously dry style, not flabby and overly tropical, instead it’s refined, sweaty, spicy complexity and all-round sippability makes it a crowd pleaser for sure. Grove Mill

Giesen The Augūst Barrel Fermented Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021

March 26, 2023By Yvonne

Giesen The Augūst Barrel Fermented Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $40 Pronounced ‘Aww-goost’, this wine is a reverential nod to German restauranteur, hotelier, sommelier, and all-round, early 20th-century hospo legend August Giesen, ‘Opa’ to brothers Alex, Marcel, and Theo. It’s the company’s flagship sauvignon blanc, yet it’s so far away from traditional styles, it needs its … Read More

Shed 530 Estate Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2022

March 3, 2023By Yvonne

Shed 530 Estate Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $23.99 Classic, tropic-tastic Hawke’s Bay sauvignon blanc on show here. Juicy, peachy, with hints of passionfruit and punchy pawpaw, it’s also edged with very attractive basil and lemongrassy layers. Softly structured, plush and easy on the gills, it’s a crowd-pleaser for sure. Shed530

Riverby Estate Marlborough Cyrene 2016

February 18, 2023By Yvonne

Riverby Estate Marlborough Cyrene 2016 375ml $35 Crafted just like a classic Sauternes, this blend of 75% sauvignon blanc and 25% semillon is aged for 11 months in at least 50% new oak barrels and weighs in at a tooth-screamingly sweet 145g/l of residual sugar. It’s incredibly rich and luxurious, turning on toffee, marmalade and … Read More

Jules Taylor OTQ Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021

February 9, 2023By Yvonne

Jules Taylor OTQ Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $35 Handpicked fruit from Jules’ Holdaway vineyard, was whole-cluster pressed into old oak barriques and wild fermented then a malolactic ferment softened the acidity and injected layers of lemongrassy complexity. A creamy softness adds to its smoked capsicum character and compliments the seam of citrus intensity at its … Read More