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2021 Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir Marlborough
Winery Notes- Open and expressive on the nose, with notes of wild hedgerow fruits, crushed rose petals and sun-warmed red cherry. The palate is finely tuned, with silky tannins and a pure dart of acidity framing and balancing out a core of summer berries, soft spices and a touch of biscuity vanilla. Long on the finish, this wine evokes warm summer evenings, strawberries nestled under shaded leaves and the lingering scent of barbecue smoke.$39.906 -
2023 Craggy Range Te Muna Road Sauvignon Blanc Martinborough
Winery Notes- In appearance, it’s a pale yellow, straw color. On the nose there are ripe Sauvignon Blanc aromatics with notes of white stone fruit, passionfruit pulp and kaffir lime. The palate is lively with deep concentration and a salinic acidity.$21.9013 -
2023 Peregrine Sauvignon Blanc Central Otago
Winery Notes- Vibrant aromatics and great purity of flavour combine with a distinctive minerality and fine palate texture. A beautiful wine that reflects our commitment to organic winegrowing on the two sub regions that contribute to our Sauvignon Blanc. Expressive aromas of feijoa, lemon zest and elderflower fuse beautifully with a palate featuring a mouth-watering fresh acidity and lime and green apple flavours.$24.9010 -
2023 Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
Winery Notes- Our version of the classic dry aromatic style of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. The citrus core of flavours are juicy and intense with deliciously refreshing saline acidity. The wine calls for simple fresh seafood but can also be enjoyed as a pre-dinner aperitif. Grapes are picked from eight of our own vineyards within the Wairau Valley. Cropped at an average of 10 tonnes/hectare. The fruit is whole bunch pressed, cold settled before fermentation and 4 months aging in stainless steel tanks. A portion of this wine is fermented using indigenous yeast. Bottled without fining.$19.9024+ -
2022 Greywacke Wild Sauvignon Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
Winery Notes- A kaleidoscope of aromas, including lychee, mango and white floral, with herbal notes of tarragon and thyme. The succulent palate is equally intricate with gooseberry compote and tangelo meringue, melding with notes of linseed, lanolin and sandalwood. Bright acidity and a hint of saltiness provide perfect balance to the generous and textured finish.$24.901 -
2023 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
Winery Notes- The 2023 Sauvignon Blanc has an enticing nose, with appealing aromas of ripe honeydew melon, passionfruit, vibrant citrus and a subtle touch of fresh blackcurrant leaf. The palate is concentrated and elegant, with hints of fresh sea air balancing out the warmth of the ripe fruit notes at the wine’s core. Subtle tropical fruit characters are underpinned by freshening notes of makrut lime, lemongrass, Meyer lemon and a touch of grapefruit skin.$26.9024 -
2023 Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
Winery Notes- Enticing aromas of cassis, lemon sorbet and green mango, with a delicate dusting of white pepper spice. On the palate, juicy Winter Cole pear and baked apple pie notes are lifted by fragrant layers of elderflower, yuzu and ripe citrus. An elegant yet striking interpretation of Marlborough sauvignon blanc - textural and opulent, lifted and lingering.$19.908 -
2022 Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
#15 Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of 2023 Winery Notes- Sauvignon blanc is widely considered by the wine drinkers of the world to reach its pinnacle of potential in Marlborough. The Astrolabe Province Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is made from grapes grown across three Marlborough sub-regions: the Wairau Valley, the Awatere Valley and the Kēkerengū Coast. The blend of sites, soils and aspects within this wine gives it great complexity, reflecting both the capability of the region as a whole and my own palate. I have sought out sites across the whole Marlborough wine region, looking for different soils and climates and carefully managing cropping levels so that I have the best fruit to work from.
We machine harvest the grapes at night or in the cool parts of the day to preserve the purity and intensity of flavours. In the winery, I take great care to handle the fruit in a way which allows the flavours and aromas of the region to come through. At the end of the growing season, I look at all the wines I have made from the various sub-regions and try to put together the most complete and balanced, integrated version of a Marlborough sauvignon blanc.
I blend to suit what I think is Astrolabe’s style, which reflects what I’ve learnt as a winemaker and drinker over the years. My style is dry, expressive and elegantly balanced. For me it is about getting a lovely sense of fully developed green spectrum flavours from all these different sites and putting them in a glass in a way that is well-styled and elegant. My Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc always presents with ripe green flavours like passionfruit, blackcurrant leaf and gooseberry. In the palate, it is full and round and finishes dry and lingering.
This is a drier style of sauvignon blanc, acidity kept nicely in balance with the alcohol and the very little residual sugar that is there, so it’s all about how all these things come together to make a pleasurable whole. I craft my wines so that nothing stands out as one singular spike, instead revealing a lovely layering of flavours and aromas that people can keep finding as they spend time savouring the glass.
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2021 Linden Estate Nuku Hawke's Bay Sauvignon Blanc
This wine begins to release its aromas after a couple of minutes in glass with scents of gooseberry, peach and fresh herbs. There's a savory dried herb seam then scents of apple and lemongrass, grapefruit and baking spices. Fruits and herb flavors are mirrored on the palate with a salivating acid line accentuating some juicy fleshy textures and some barrel spice moments, a touch of lees complexity all leading to a balanced, even finish. Overall a fresh, lively example with a Hawkes Bay signature of fruit then herb, some soft spice and mineral finish, Cameron Douglas MS.$18.905 -
2022 Little Darling Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
Typical aromas of tropical fruit, passionfruit and lime show through on the nose. It has great drinkability due to the freshness on the palate. The tropical fruits continue on in the mouth with hints of melon and citrus adding great length of flavor.$19.9012 -
2019 Brightwater Vineyards Pinot Noir Nelson
Winery Notes- An elegant Pinot Noir displaying displaying dark cherry, berry fruit and savoury characters. It is a concentrated wine exhibiting well integrated fine tannins, a rich full palate and has a wonderful persistence of flavour.$26.9012 -
2022 Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
Winery Notes- Very pale yellow. Classic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc aromas of lifted citrus, tropical fruit, and crushed herbs. A fresh, juicy wine with vibrant acidity and plenty of weight and length on the palate. Ripe, tropical fruit flavor with passion fruit, melon, and grapefruit.$13.903 -
2020 Oyster Bay Pinot Noir New Zealand (Was $18)
Winery Notes- With Pinot Noir the fruit is always the primary focus. Marlborough’s warm days and cool nights make it an ideal climate for growing the famously temperamental grape. Matured in French oak barrels the result is fragrant, soft, and flavorful, with aromas of ripe cherries and sweet fruit tannins that provide structure and length. Elegant, cool climate Pinot Noir at its best.$11.901 -
2022 Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
Winery Notes- Fresh, zesty, juicy and full, this fruit-driven is exciting but subtle. Tropical fruit with a fresh herbaceous character balanced with zesty passionfruit and a dry finish. A crisp refreshing wine, that shows the true terroir characters of the soils and area it comes from.$14.9023 -
2019 Clos Henri Petit Clos Pinot Noir Marlborough
Winery Notes- Freshly squeezed cherries and plums, our Petit Clos Pinot Noir is flush with abundant aromas of dark red fruits with a liquorice undercurrent. Exuberant and densely concentrated, the lively palate has notes of cherry liqueur and macerated plums which are all bound together with firm, textural tannins.$17.903
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