A touch of barrel fermentation enriches and rounds out the texture here. The vociferous, ripe-fruit presence, brimming with intense yellow …
→ morePungent flinty green scents usher in a mouthful with real presence. It leans heavily toward the green end of the …
→ moreThere’s a lot to enjoy here. Attractive flavours akin to ripe nectarine, fresh herb, red apple and citrus flood the …
→ moreAn interesting wine which refuses to fit the ‘typical’ sauvignon mould with its malo complexity and use of oak evident …
→ moreThis balanced wine was praised for its creamy texture, ‘warm lemon’ acidity and value for money. After a quiet, savoury …
→ moreThe only 2012 wine in our Top 10 won plaudits for its well-crafted, toasty oak complexity. A beguiling texture and …
→ moreFrom the winery closest to the epicentre of the Seddon shakes comes a bold wine that should trigger a tremor …
→ moreThere’s great energy and tension in this wine – perhaps unsurprising now that the local lines company is a Yealands …
→ moreFrench winemaker Damien Yvon is a devotee of sauvignon blanc à la Marlborough. Texture and flinty flamboyance, rather than primary …
→ moreA very classy wine with refined green notes and a beautiful balance on the palate between the acidity and power of the …
→ moreA wine with volume and flair. Abundant rich tropical fruits and subtle box hedge against ripe currant and herbal characters …
→ moreThe magnificent and intense aromas of grapefruit, tomato leaf, sea air and oyster shell should overpower but work in perfect …
→ moreFantastic complexity of aroma on the nose with bright stone fruit, lemongrass, passionfruit, lifted greens and a hint of flint …
→ moreThis expression, described by Ben Glover as a ‘statement wine’, opens with a salvo of charry, almost peaty, scents. Winemaker …
→ moreA bright and fresh expression with wonderful purity of flavour. The concentration is impressive which is a great foil for …
→ moreThis is an attractive alternative-style expression. Barrel fermentation and lees work has put a distinctive flintiness and white peach signature …
→ moreA full, or perhaps fuller, style of sauvignon that has subtle citrus and elderflower aromas on the nose set against …
→ moreSauvignon blanc is not necessarily out of its comfort zone in HawkesBay, as evinced by this wine from Chris Scott. …
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