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Southern Lights Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Regular price £12.95Sourced from established vineyards in the world-famous Marlborough region. Fresh and vibrant with passion fruit, gooseberry and melon characters. Crisp, clean finish. Great stuff, great value.
Country: New Zealand
Region: Marlborough
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 12.5%
Cloud Factory Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Regular price £13.25Classic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc - sappy fresh, clean and easy drinking.
Perfumed with nettle and ripe tropical fruits with limey flavours and a rich minerality
Country: New Zealand
Region: Marlborough
ABV: 13%
Grapes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Sourced from vineyards in each of the subregions of Marlborough; the Awatere, Waihopai and Wairau Valleys. These valleys have their own microclimates and terroir which give a unique personality to the vineyards, grapes and finished wine.
Sileni Cellar Selection Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Regular price £14.45Vibrant with ripe, tropical and gooseberry fruit flavours with a zingy finish and impeccable balance.
A great aperitif or seafood wine, made for drinking young.
Country: New Zealand
Region: Marlborough
ABV: 12%
Grapes: 85% Sauvignon Blanc, 15% Semillon
Food Match: Mussels, garlic prawns
Sileni Estates: The winery is named after the Sileni who featured in Roman mythology alongside Bacchus, the God of Wine. They celebrated good wine, good food and good company. The vineyards and winery are based near Hastings, Hawke’s Bay the oldest wine region in New Zealand.
Pegasus Bay Bel Canto Dry Riesling 2020/22
Regular price £27.95Astonishingly good Riesling from an outstanding New Zealand producer. Concentrated, explosive in the mouth! Dry, flavoursome Riesling with honeysuckle notes, aromatic nectarine, baked peach, apricot, lime and preserved lemon. One glass will not be enough!
Country: New Zealand
Region: North Canterbury
ABV: 15.5%
Grapes: Riesling
Read Wine Advocate Erin Larkin’s wonderful review of Pegasus from latest trip to the South Island
'From there, I went to Pegasus Bay, and it was here that I was so impacted. This is an iconic Riesling producer—Rieslings worth crossing the ocean for. They age slowly and gracefully, employ botrytis as a textural aid and are thundering examples of Riesling from New Zealand. I can’t overstate that. These are collectors’ wines. I have seen older examples in Australia over the years, served blind, that have taken the room by storm. My thanks to Winemaker Matt Donaldson for the afternoon; it took us in directions I think neither of us expected.'
Pegasus Bay Riesling Bel Canto 2022 – 94 points.
The 2022 Bel Canto Dry Riesling leads with loquat, kumquat and orange rind. In the mouth, the wine is floral, detailed and full—it is actually quite wide, spreading to all corners of the mouth, leaving a trail of fine chalky texture in its wake. Really good. Textural. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Erin Larkin Wine Advocate
Wildsong Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Regular price £18.95Very elegant old world style of Sauvignon. Clean, fresh and steely with beautiful minerality on the finish.
Country: New Zealand
Region: Hawkes Bay
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 13%
Organic
Rod McDonald is a New Zealand winemaking legend who arrived in Hawke's Bay 25 years ago as a green cellarhand. Following a stint at Villa Maria he became winemaker at Vidal before setting off on a solo adventure to craft the most compelling and exciting wines from the wide variety of soils throughout the region.
Rod has chosen to farm organically to allow his wines to really represent both the land the grapes are grown on and the people who make them.
Pegasus Bay Pinot Noir 2019/2020
Regular price £39.95Rich, ripe, but savoury Pinot from Canterbury. We love this wine!
Country: New Zealand
Region: North Canterbury
ABV: 13.5%
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Zephyr Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Regular price £20.40“About as good as Marlborough gets” according to Tim Atkin. We concur!
Very pale straw with a slight green hue. On the nose, ginger, green apple and crisp highlights of lime. Citrus focussed palate with quenching acidity and varietal elegance.
Country: New Zealand
Region: Marlborough
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 14 %
Zephyr Wines is a family winery based in Dillon’s Point, Marlborough and was started by the Glover family in 1985 after being inspired by other mavericks in the region to convert their farm to vine. They've never looked back and Owen and Wendy Glover, along with son Ben, one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed and talented winemakers, now produce award-winning wines from what has become one of the most established single vineyards in the region. The Gewurtzraminer and a Riesling follow suit in showcasing the more savoury and 'savage' style Zephyr has become renowned for. The critics are proving what we’ve known for a long time: that the Glover’s are styling something special out of Marlborough vines that no-one else has.
Pegasus Bay Semillon/Sauvignon 2019
Regular price £26.95A good dash of Semillon into this Sauvignon Blanc gives additional layers of complexity.
This traditional French blend has aromas and flavours of citrus fruit, passion-fruit and greengages, cut grass with a hint of dried herbs. The low crop levels have particularly emphasised the Semillon component in the wine, filling out the palate and giving good concentration as well as structure. It has a crisp, dry finish and a lingering after-taste on the palate.
Country: New Zealand
Region: North Canterbury
ABV: 15%
Grapes: 70% Sauvignon, 30% Semillon
Food Match: We love this wine for its complexity of aromatics and concentration of flavours on the palate. White fish with fresh asparagus or Samphire is a great pairing.
Mirror Lake Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
Regular price £12.95Sourced from established vineyards in the world-famous Marlborough region. Fresh and vibrant with passion fruit, gooseberry and melon characters. Crisp, clean finish. Great stuff, great value.
Country: New Zealand
Region: Marlborough
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
ABV: 12.5%
Earthsong Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Regular price £19.30Earthsong from Dillon's Point Single Vineyard has concentrated aromas and flavours of citrus fruit, passion-fruit and greengages, with a hint of dried herbs and a savoury hint. The low crop levels are demonstrated filling out the palate and giving good concentration as well as structure. It has a crisp, dry finish and a lingering after-taste on the palate.
Country: New Zealand
Region: Marlborough
ABV: 12.5%
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
“Rich, flavoursome sauvignon with passionfruit, cut grass, green capsicum and tomato leaf flavours. Weighty, complex wine with good mouthfeel and a lingering finish. 93pts” — Bob Campbell MW