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Tohu Awatere Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Marlborough)
Pungent and expressive on the nose with gooseberry and blackcurrant leaf aromas alongside some greens. The palate is generous and …
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Villa Maria Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Marlborough)
top 5
If there is a brand that is synonymous with New Zealand wine it’s Villa Maria. The company’s history is long …
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Lake Chalice The Falcon Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Marlborough)
top 5
A vibrant and forward nose with tropical fruit aromas and a herbal lift that draws you in. The well-balanced palate …
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Mount Riley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024
top 5
Ripe and crisp with lots of aromatic and flavour intensity throughout. The herbals are fresh on the nose alongside passionfruit …
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Seifried Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2024
top 10
A riper style that is wonderfully complex and generous throughout. Fresh and lively with incredible fruit intensity on the nose …
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Old Coach Road Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2024
top 15
An attractive nose with classic gooseberries and hints of herbs and blackcurrant leaf. The palate is vibrant with lots of …
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Anchorage Estate Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Motueka)
Clean and fresh on the understated nose that belies the expressive palate within. Lots of concentrated flavours abound with concentrated …
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Dashwood Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Marlborough)
Crisp and fresh with ripe concentrated thiol aromas that give the nose impact. The palate is also ripe and concentrated …
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Lake Chalice The Nest Sauvignon Blanc 2023 (Marlborough)
A ripe, yet quiet wine that has a restrained, yet complex aromatic profile. A well made wine with delicious greens …
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Mount Riley Marlborough Limited Release Sauvignon Blanc 2024
A lively nose with lots of aromatic thiol characteristics sitting alongside some reduction. The palate has concentrated and intense aromas …
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Best Buys for NZ Sauvignon Blanc
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Alpine Valley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
Upfront flintiness introduces a fascinating mouthful, where lime zest, dill and yellow plum notes all sing in harmony. It would …
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Ara Pathway Sauvignon Blanc 2013
It’s worth lingering over this wine’s perfume, which conjures visions of a feijoa and guava-based tropical fruit salad. In the …
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Ara Single Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2013
top 10
The breadth of experience of chief winemaker Jeff Clarke shows in this pristine beauty. Pure and juicy, with an attractive …
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Charles Wiffen Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2013
Tending towards lean in style, this lively expression has the six-pack abs and sinewy structure of eager youth. Floral scents …
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Clifford Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
AwatereValley acids have plenty to say in this lively expression from the Foley Family Wines stable. Lovely florals and no …
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Eight Point Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc 2013
Part of the Invivo range (Eight Point references both the eight points of the Invivo star logo and the quintessential Kiwi …
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Framingham Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2013
top 10
This concise, fragrant package from talented English-born winemaker Andrew Hedley is all fresh herbs, ripe lemon and apple. The fruit …
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Grove Mill Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
High-revving flinty, green scents set the tone. Flavoursome fruit, incisive acids and an attractively fleshy texture then take over, providing …
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Kuru Kuru Sauvignon Blanc 2013
top 10
Attractive juniper berry and Italian bitters notes come through in this bright, focused wine, named for the great-great-great-great Maori grandmother …
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Lawson’s Dry Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2013
A touch of barrel fermentation enriches and rounds out the texture here. The vociferous, ripe-fruit presence, brimming with intense yellow …
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Marlborough Ridge Sauvignon Blanc 2012
“It has wonderful concentration and intensity,” enthused John Belsham. This wine is certainly an extrovert, brimming with citrusy, zesty, fruit-driven …
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Mount Ara Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2012
Showing some toasty bottle-age notes and attractive flintiness, this lovely single-vineyard wine maintains a generous core of ripe fruit – …
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Mount Brown Estates Waipara Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2013
Grown on a site on the western side of the WaiparaValley, this fresh style displays plenty of verve and drive. …
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Mount Fishtail Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2013
top 10
This balanced wine was praised for its creamy texture, ‘warm lemon’ acidity and value for money. After a quiet, savoury …
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Mount Riley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
You get a lot of high-revving Marlborough typicity for your dollar with this attractive, expressive rendition. Fresh garden herbs and …
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Mount Vernon Sauvignon Blanc 2013
Floral scents are the pathway to an intense, effusive mouthful. The fruit is expressive – fresh apples, passionfruit and honeydew …
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Mud House Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
top 10
“It has unmistakable varietal signature without being over the top,” noted Sam Kim. There is certainly a less is more …
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Peter Yealands Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
From the winery closest to the epicentre of the Seddon shakes comes a bold wine that should trigger a tremor …
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Petit Clos by Clos Henri Sauvignon Blanc 2013
French winemaker Damien Yvon is a devotee of sauvignon blanc à la Marlborough. Texture and flinty flamboyance, rather than primary …
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Ribbonwood Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
top 10
Outstanding value once again from Framingham’s second label. This wine has what it takes to be a resounding summer hit; …
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Sanctuary Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
top 10
Now part of the New Zealand component of American Bill Foley’s wine empire, the Sanctuary label is ever-reliable and sharply …
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Spinyback Sauvignon Blanc 2013
With every purchase of Spinyback wine (Waimea Estates’ second label), you’re helping the tuatara, the grandest spinyback of them all. …
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Squealing Pig Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
From Marborough’s AwatereValley, the Squealing Pig label is sassy in both presentation and style. Citrus, tropical fruit and elderflower notes …
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Stoneburn Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
Older vines and a fine site in the central Wairau Valley are part of the successful Stoneburn recipe. The outcome …
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The Ned Sauvignon Blanc 2013
With all the sparkle and clarity of a cut diamond, this wine is a shining example of what 2013 could …
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Tuatara Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
top 10
TuataraBay is one of a number of wines worthy of the “classic Marlborough” accolade in this tasting. Crisp and juicy, …
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Two Tracks Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2012
Produced at Wither Hills as an approachable and affordable alternative, Two Tracks delivers on all fronts this year. Juicy and …
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Whalebone Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2013
Yet again, this label provides excellent value. “Lifted herbal and tropical fruit notes, racy acids, great intensity and length – …
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