"Offering fine value, this Wairau Valley wine is fullbodied (13% alc/ vol), with strong, ripe passionfruit and lime flavours, in a fleshy, dry style, vibrant, rich and well-rounded. It’s already drinking well" Michael Cooper, The Listener, Nov 2017

Succulent passionfruit, guava and melon notes are underscored by delicate jalapeño and fresh herbal element. Layers of concentrated tropical fruit and stone fruit flavours are complemented by an attractive, flinty or mineral aspect on the full, rich palate. A mouth-watering, zesty, acidity frames a delicious and lingering finish.

This wine is borne out of a life time of hard graft and is inspired byt the purity of the spring that runs through the Rapaura Vinyard. all of our wines are made with integrity and are a true expressionof of our beautiful Malrborough region. Authentic wines made with care and passion.

Cooler temperatures during the 2017 growing season ectended the ripening period and then delivered trademark Marlborough flavours. Careful vineyard & crop management decisions were made to ensure the fruit was harvested clean, phenologically ripe and full of flavour. Our Reserve wine is made from the finest parcels of fruit from our 2017 harvest and characterised by the rich ripe troopical flavours and lovely palate weight found in the best examples of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. the fruit on the vine displayed excellent varietal intensitiy and once pressed at the winery, the juice was coll fermented in stainless stell to retain those clean, crisp fruit flavours. Fruit from the Wairu Valley sub-region brings generous, ripe, passionfruit flavours, the Dillon's Point imparts a delicious blackcurrant, herbal npote and the Waihopai Valley offers a lovely mineral aspect to the wine.

Food Pairing: Perfectly pairing with creamy rock oysters or a tomatoe, feta & basil pasta.