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Dandelion Vineyards Lionheart of Barossa 2017 (Barossa Valley)
top 5
ONCE THE WINES were unveiled it was no surprise to me to discover that our top wine was produced by …
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Coopers Creek SV Chalk Ridge 2016 (Hawke’s Bay)
A lovely ripe style with an overlay of toasty oak. The core has dark fruits, clove, vanilla, and pepper. Beautifully …
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Barking Mad Shiraz 2016 (Clare Valley)
The Barking Mad range pays tribute to winery Dachshunds. This vibrant and toasty wine displays engaging flavours of dark berry …
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Brockenchack Zip Line 2016 (Eden Valley)
top 5
From the elevated and relatively cooler Eden Valley, this vibrant, ripe wine from 90-year-old vines exudes blueberries and raspberries that intertwine beautifully with sweet …
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Angove 2017 (McLaren Vale)
This family owned winery boasts a century of winemaking in South Australia. This experience is invaluable as is illustrated with …
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Saint Clair James Sinclair Cabernet Merlot 2017 (Hawke’s Bay)
A ripe example with violet tones and flavours of damson plum, black currants, toasty oak, and brown spices. Richly complex …
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Vidal Reserve 2017 (Marlborough)
A very attractive style with lifted floral notes complementing a cacophony of red and dark fruits, dried pears and cloves. …
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Thornbury 2017 (Central Otago)
top 10
Aromas of lively red-berry fruits announce this delicious wine. The palate is generous and savoury yet with an underlying chalkiness …
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Saint Clair Vicar’s Choice 2017 (Marlborough)
An elegant wine with gentle floral and thyme aromatics that open out to pristine fruit on a delicate background. Beautifully …
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Saint Clair Premium Marlborough 2017
A rich and fully flavoured toasty style filled with flavours of blackcurrants, dried herbs and juniper berries. The palate has …
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Best Buys for NZ Sauvignon Blanc
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Church Road Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2015
top 10
Yes, the Bay can do sauvignon too. Most of this wine’s fruit was drawn from a cooler site at Matapiro, …
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Clifford Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2015 (Marlborough)
Aromatic lift is what we expect from this label, and the 2015 has it in abundance. Fresh herb, white flower …
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Mount Brown Estates Waipara Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2015
Mount Brown winemaker Frank Manifold has produced a Marlborough-esque expression. Lifted and vibrant with a caressing texture, it is a …
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Mount Vernon Sauvignon Blanc 2015 (Marlborough)
top 10
This second tier label from experienced Marlborough winery Lawson’s Dry Hills offers fantastic value, vintage after vintage. This latest rendition …
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Peter Yealands Sauvignon Blanc 2015 (Marlborough)
There’s great energy and tension in this wine – perhaps unsurprising now that the local lines company is a Yealands …
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Rongopai Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015
Rongopai is a label that goes back to 1932 and is currently part of the Babich stable. This new release …
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Selaks Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2015 (Marlborough)
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Shingle Peak Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2015 (Marlborough)
A very smart wine from a label with deep Marlborough roots. It’s a crisp, bright package, with flint and citrus …
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Squawking Magpie Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014
top 10
Magpies have an eye for bright things, and this Hawke’s Bay based winery certainly found one in Marlborough. Lifted green …
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Stoneburn Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015
Another wine that expresses this fine vintage in an unvarnished, straightforward way. It’s about the fruit flavours – ripe stonefruit, …
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Stoneleigh Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015
Winemaker Jamie Marfell continues to do sterling work with this much-loved Marlborough sauvignon brand. This version is typically flinty and …
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Summerhouse Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015
top 10
We’re used to this label capturing that Marlborough essence with its sauvignon blanc, and it does so again. This is …
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Toi Toi Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015
Grown in a sheltered spot in the Omaka Valley, this sauvignon was praised by John Belsham for its “fine lines, …
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Two Rivers of Marlborough Convergence Sauvignon Blanc 2015
top 10
Marlborough, in all its glory, has been deftly captured by Two Rivers proprietor/winemaker David Clouston in this superb wine. Meadow-like …
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Villa Maria Cellar Selection Sauvignon Blanc 2015 (Marlborough)
This one is firmly in the green, herbal camp. Earthy, tomato vine scents set the tone. In the mouth lime …
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Villa Maria Single Vineyard Taylors Pass Sauvignon Blanc 2015 (Marlborough)
This attractive style proudly declares its Awatere Valley origins with scents akin to flint, lime and nettle. Once in the …
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