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Lake Chalice The Nest Marlborough Pinot Gris 2016
Now owned by Saint Clair, the Lake Chalice label continues to produce great value wine under its ‘The Nest’ tier. …
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Villa Maria Private Bin East Coast Gewurztraminer 2017 (NZ blend)
This is fantastic value. Get ready for love at first sniff – the nose is delightfully out there and floral. …
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Giesen Estate Riesling 2016 (NZ blend)
The creamy texture of this wine slows things down to a dignified pace. The nose is citrusy; in the mouth …
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Allan Scott Family Winemakers Marlborough Riesling 2017
They’ve been making good riesling for a long time at Allan Scott, and that experience shows. Enticing floral scents lead …
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Wither Hills Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2016
Presenting a very different style to that of our top wine, this is an ethereal expression. It leads with delightful …
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Wild Rock Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017
This 2017 offers excellent value. Yellow fruit notes – grapefruit and melon – are writ large, and wrapped in a …
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Villa Maria Private Bin Lightly Sparkling Rosé 2017
Modelled after the Italian ‘frizzante’ wines, which are only slightly effervescent, this is also a low-alcohol expression. It is light …
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Villa Maria Private Bin Lighter Rosé 2017
This low-alcohol version (10%) is made predominantly from pinot noir. Pale pink in the glass, it offers a riot of …
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Thornbury Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017
This label, whose wines are all crafted by the talented Simon Fell, perennially overachieves in the value-for-money stakes. This rendition …
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Ti Point Hawke’s Bay Ruby Rosé 2017
Pretty in the glass, and pretty good to drink as well. This merlot-based charm from the Bay delivers peach, apricot, …
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Best Buys for NZ Sauvignon Blanc
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Church Road Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2015
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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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