Mystery Wairarapa Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Description

Dry, Gooseberry, Grapefruit

Black Market Mystery Wines™ are simply wines we love, with the branding hidden and revealed only when it arrives at your door!

"It's fabulously aromatic on the nose with notes of grapefruit, crunchy apple, apricot, and lemon zest. The palate delivers excellent vibrancy and lively mouthfeel, leading to a lengthy, refreshing finish. At its best: now to 2027" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Apr 2025

"An elegant expression of SB, not without its signature citrus, tropical fruits and soft green herb qualities. Balanced and well made, immediately pourable with a fresh and crisp mouthfeel, fruit flavours of apple and lemon, gooseberry and green pear. Best drinking from early 2025 through 2027" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Oct 2024

This vibrant Sauvignon Blanc bursts with lifted aromatics, tropical fruit, fresh herbs, passionfruit, gooseberry and zesty lime. The palate is lively and bright, delivering ripe citrus and juicy stone fruit characters, finishing crisp and dry with a lovely mineral edge.

This wine is a true expression of Wairarapa Sauvignon Blanc, where the region’s cool, dry climate and free-draining soils provide ideal conditions for the variety. Fruit is carefully chosen vineyards throughout the valley offers a diverse range of flavours to craft the final blend. With thoughtful vineyard care and naturally low yields, we harvest intensely flavoured, ripe fruit that gives this wine its vibrant character.

Once in the winery, the fruit is gently pressed and the juice clarified before undergoing cool fermentation using a mix of yeast strains to build aromatic complexity and textural interest. The wine is fermented dry, then aged briefly on light lees to add depth and minerality before blending and bottling.