"Bright pale green colour. Attractive tropical fruit salad notes on the nose. Those same tropical flavours on the palate with pleasing cleansing acidity. A very pretty fruit driven style with good acidity that pairs well with food" Dr Ken Dobler, Sydney International Wine Competition, Nov 2017

"Strong citric tinged lemony-herbal grassy floral nose. Concentrated on palate showing typical Sauvignon Blanc green, grassy, herbal character through to long finish. Cauliflower emphasizes elegance, intensity and flavour components in harmony" Ying Tan, Master of Wine, Sydney International Wine Competition, Nov 2017

"A marvellous rendition of Wairau Valley sauvignon, the hugely appealing bouquet shows mango, lemon/lime peel, passionfruit and feijoa aromas, followed by a concentrated palate that is succulent and delectable. It is intense and vibrant, and offers fabulous varietal purity and loads of tasty flavours. At its best: now to 2019" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, August 2017

"Bright, very pale straw colour with slight green hues, very pale on the edge.  The nose is elegant, refined and tightly bound with deep and intensely packed aromas of passionfruit and tropical fruit, revealing some passionfruit, along with fresh herbs, white florals and some mineral notes. The aromatics grow in concentration with aeration.  Dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate has intensely concentrated and well-packed flavours of passionfruit, tropical fruits, florals and minerals. The fruit forms a deep, taut core, and the flavours flow with good drive along a very fine-textured, dry, thirst-quenching line with soft acidity underlining the fruit.  This has linearity and carries to a long, concentrated finish of passionfruit and minerals.  This is an intensely concentrated Sauvignon Blanc with passionfruit, tropical fruit and minerals on a dry, thirst-quenching, fine-textured palate with soft acidity.  Serve as an aperitif and with seafood over the next 2 years.  Wairau Valley fruit, cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 12.5%  alc. and 3.2 g/L RS" Raymond Chan, November 2017

The 2017 Grove Mill Sauvignon Blanc offers a deliciously fragrant bouquet of tropical fruit with black currant and citrus. The same tropical fruit characters flow across the palate and are complemented by great texture and a lingering saline finish.

The fruit for our Sauvignon Blanc was primarily harvested from lower Wairau vineyards including our flagship vineyard, 17 Valley. Good soil and canopy management, along with cold nights during ripening and a beautiful Indian summer, kept all the concentrated flavours in the grapes which you can taste now in the wine. The grapes were harvested during the cold of the night to avoid unnecessary phenolic extraction and to preserve primary fruit. Gentle winemaking techniques and cold fermentation in stainless steel tanks helped to protect the bright fruit characters. Three months of lees contact gave the wine great texture and richness.