2021 vintage
93/100 | Huon Hooke
Light bright yellow colour with a rich, ripe-smelling bouquet of dried fig and stone-fruit characters, chalky mineral notes in the background, while the palate is full and broad, rich and weighty, seemingly higher in alcohol. It’s a stronger, weightier wine than the 2019. Concentrated and lingering: a serious mouthful and a grown-up style of sauvignon blanc. It could take a good chill.
2020 vintage
95/100 | Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier
Complex and layered bouquet with aromas of leesy spices and fresh fruits from the tropics and orchard. Soft fresh herb aromas of sage and thyme then grapefruit, melon mineral. A suggestion of white flowers adding complexity and charm. Crisp, tense and youthful on the palate with flavours of citrus then apple, mineral then herb, tropical then spice. Lengthy salivating finish – what’s not to like! Best drinking from 2022 through 2028.
2019 vintage
Yvonne Lorkin | Ranked in Dish Magazine’s Top Line Up of Sauvignon Blancs – 2020
If you’re expecting a simple splash of bog-standard, sweet passionfruit, peach and par-for-the-course capsicum, then you’ve cruised into the wrong cul-de-sac, my friend. This wine is yellow diamond-bright and scented with oodles of lemongrassy intensity, layers of lemon and lime, buckets of basil and mountains of minerally, quartzy characters, all of which osmose onto the palate and linger long on the finish. This is sauvignon and then some.
2018 vintage
93/100 | James Suckling – 2019
This has a strikingly concise and complex feel with a wealth of rich limes, peaches and melon, layered with succulent, zesty allure on the palate. Smooth, long and seamless. Drink now.
2017 vintage
94/100 – 5 stars, Sam Kim
Beautifuly refined and elegant, this is a stylish rendition of the variety showing white flesh stone fruit, rockmelon and lemon/lime peel characters with subtle oatmeal complexity. The palate is concentrated and wonderfully weighted, displaying excellent focus and linear mouthfeel, brilliantly structured by vibrant acidity.
94/100 | James Suckling – 2019
This has an attractive, complex, barrel-fermented style with fruit that’s driven to a more pithy point on the grapefruit and lemon spectrum. The palate has attractive peach and lemon-curd flavors and grilled nuts to close. Nicely assembled, complex style here. Drink now.
2015 vintage
Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier – 2015
A engaging and captivating bouquet with aromas and textures of lees and ripe fruit – heirloom lemon and rose apple, some grapefruit and mango-like tropical fruits; herbaceous as well with a soft green herb layer. On the palate – fruity, crisp, dry and loaded with texture – almost mealy with some sulphide action, ripe acidity and citrus led fruit flavours; herbaceous as well. A lovely example of modern SB from Marlborough. Drink now and through 2025.
2013 vintage
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