"This is typically a lively, herbaceous wine, offering a clear style contrast to its riper stablemate under the Waipara Hills Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc label. Freshly aromatic, the 2016 vintage (4.5*) is medium to full-bodied, with good intensity of fresh citrus, passionfruit and lime flavours, lees-aging notes adding complexity, balanced acidity and a lingering finish. Skilfully crafted, it offers top value." Michael Cooper

A beautifully balanced wine. The front palate fills with fresh greens and ripe tropical flavours. The crisp grapefruit like acidity extends the palate to a long mouth-watering finish.

The fruit is sourced from our Woolshed vineyard, in the upper Wairau Valley; as well as from our long established growers in the Awatere and Wairau Valleys, sub regions of Marlborough. Our Marlborough vineyards are on moderately fertile glacial soils. This includes a mix of sandy loam over very deep gravels; fertile loams and clays. The most important thing in making vibrant Sauvignon Blanc is to avoid oxidation and corruption. This is done every step of the way; from harvesting to putting the wine into the bottle. We keep every vineyard batch separate throughout the winemaking process until blending. The final process is fining and filtering, before the wine is then bottled. The 2016 vintage started well with warm weather during flowering ensuring a well-blanced crop for Marlborough. The following warm and extended summer allowed the fruit to ripen evenly and created ripe fruit flavours and acid. The grapes were harvested between 21 March to 15 April 2016. Our 2016 wines are approachable with a generous palate.