This is a fascinating expression. It has depth, calmness and flows with a creamy ease. The fruit is holding well, …

A FIVE-STAR recipient and top 10 placegetter a year ago, this beautifully crafted wine comes back to claim top honours. …

There’s a lot to enjoy here. Attractive flavours akin to ripe nectarine, fresh herb, red apple and citrus flood the …

Paul Bourgeois and his team at Spy Valley have produced a racy, up-tempo style. It leans toward the lively, green …

Another reminder that well-made sauvignon blanc will reward a few years in the cellar. This barrel-fermented wine has come together …

This 2017 offers excellent value. Yellow fruit notes – grapefruit and melon – are writ large, and wrapped in a …

Presenting a very different style to that of our top wine, this is an ethereal expression. It leads with delightful …

This is a charming, well-toned expression. Fresh, squeezed lime scents open the account and in the mouth it is pristine …

Now here’s a smart buy. It reveals its charms slowly. There is no aromatic thunderclap and in the mouth citrus, …

This falls into the “alternative style” camp, where winemaking techniques usually associated with chardonnay are brought to bear on sauvignon. …

Organically-grown, this delightful wine has a personality of its own. It offers lovely riesling-esque floral and citrus aromatics and treads …

The experienced Gordon Russell has produced a very approachable, lipsmackingly good sauvignon. The acids are restrained, giving it an appealing …

This is a distinctive wine. It’s a ripe style, with intense yellow plum and peach flavours making a bold statement. …

Awatere fruit and time in oak contribute to this rich, lively expression from Giesen. Spice, peach, sweet citrus and tropical …

This 2016 is looking very smart. It has moved into the stonefruit flavour spectrum, with ripe peach and Mirabelle plum …

The aromatic lift and joyous zest that made Marlborough sauvignon blanc famous is here in abundance. This is a vibrant …

Another fine advertisement for the 2016 vintage, there is an attractive bolshiness to this expression. It has overt flintiness that …

From the ever-reliable Mount Riley label, this is a smart, racy rendition that offers excellent value. Intense lime zest scents …

The Woolshed Vineyard in the upper Wairau Valley is the key site for Mud House sauvignon blanc. This wine exhibits …

Grown at Yealands’ remarkable site at the sea end of the Awatere Valley, this is a generous, ripe style. Fresh …

This is a label that regularly delivers remarkable value, and this wine is no exception. The nose is floral and …

A wild ferment in old French oak is part of the recipe for Mount Riley’s top tier sauvignon blanc. At …

Racy yet complex, this is an intriguing style. Attractive flinty notes mingle with scents of lime zest. In the mouth …

Fresh as a sea breeze, this is a lively, enchanting style. Soft sweet herb, green bean, white peach, apple and …

Grown beside the waters of Cloudy Bay on the Wairau Bar, te Pã’s sauvignons always have a racy, taut personality. …

This label, whose wines are all crafted by the talented Simon Fell, perennially overachieves in the value-for-money stakes. This rendition …

Estate-grown on the River Terrace Vineyard in the upper Wairau Valley, this is a settled, integrated, quite complex style. Stonefruit …

It may have a year under its belt, but this expression grown in the north-eastern corner of the Wairau Valley …