Drummond Farm Happy Jack Martinborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020 $30 Paired with Skordalia by Annabel Langbein NZ Herald Sat 17th 2022 If you were going to go full authentic on what to sip with skordalia, then best you bust out that bottle of retsina you bought to remind yourself of when you were 20 and went … Read More
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Jules Taylor Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Jules Taylor Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $23-$26 Whipcrack clean and precise, this sauvignon blanc from one of Marlborough’s most exciting producers is overflowing with herbaceous intensity, lime-licked layers, bruised basil and smoked passionfruit. Utilising fruit grown in the Taylor Pass, Lower Wairau Valley, Hawkesbury and Awatere sub-regions, it has a personality all of its own … Read More
Monowai Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Monowai Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $24.99 Emma Lowe and her husband Marcello are the super-talented duo who craft this crisp, clean, troptastic sauvignon blanc in their small but perfectly formed winery waaay out on Matapiro Road in Hawke’s Bay’s Crownthorpe district. The stones are so big in the vineyards out there, the locals call … Read More
Te Mata Estate Cape Crest Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Te Mata Estate Cape Crest Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2020 $34.90 One sip and you’ll see straight away how this wine has become an absolute aristocrat in sauvignon blanc circles. Gorgeously golden in the glass, it’s crafted from a blend of 85% sauvignon blanc, 9% semillon and 6% sauvignon gris which is gently fermented in … Read More
Greywacke Marlborough Wild Sauvignon 2019
Greywacke Marlborough Wild Sauvignon 2019 $36 Paired with Annabel Langbein’s Smoked Salmon & Egg Gratin in NZ Herald Canvas Sat Aug 20 2022. Crafted from fruit grown in Marlborough’s Southern Valleys in the Renwick, Rapaura and Woodbourne regions, this intensely delicious-yet-delicately stylish sauvignon is laced with marzipan, sugar snap peas, homemade lemonade and loads of … Read More
Richmond Plains Organic Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Richmond Plains Organic Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $22 I’m loving that this sauvignon is subtle and softly herbaceous on the nose (tomato leaf and basil anyone?) and gently zesty on the palate rather than punching you in the face with those boring, blousy-sweet passionfruit and lemonade layers that many commercial examples flout. I’m now also … Read More
Ant Moore Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Ant Moore Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $22 Basil, lemongrass, elderflower, lemon verbena and punchy passionfruit make this wine a characterful sauvignon blanc indeed. Crafted from fruit grown in the Wairau and Waihopai Valley’s, it’s bright, crunchy, refreshing and rolling across the tongue and gums nicely. Bright, citrus-led and rather lovely. Ant Moore Wines
Te Kano Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Te Kano Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $36 Crafted from fruit grown in three organically-farmed vineyards across Central Otago’s subregions comes this elderflower, lemon and peach-stacked sauvignon that has richness, presence and excellent palate persistence. Juicy, softly structured and satisfying, it’s a gently plush, stylish sip from the deep south that I really like. Te … Read More
Yealands Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Yealands Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $16 If aromatics of bruised basil, lemon zest, passionfruit and hints of jalapeno spin your wheels, then you’ve come to the correct car yard my friend. Classically styled, with citrus and herbaceous heft from woah to go, this is a clean, crunchy-crisp example that will please the crowds or … Read More
Pyramid Valley Colours Collection North Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Pyramid Valley Colours Collection North Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $29 Organically, biodynamically grown, this North Canterbury-grown debut release from Pyramid Valley heaves with jalapeno and bruised basil, lemongrass, wildflowers and white pepper on the nose and palate. Incredibly complex and layered with fennel and feijoa. Pyramid Valley