Ward Valley Estate Diners Collection

Description

Dry, Oak, Spice

A versatile collection of premium Marlborough wines crafted to elevate everything from relaxed long lunches to elegant dinners at home.

Featuring expressive Sauvignon Blanc, refined Chardonnay, and silky Pinot Noir, this mix offers fresh, food-friendly styles designed to pair effortlessly across a wide range of dishes and occasions.

Collection includes:

2 x Ward Valley Estate Stony Beach Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025

Awarded 93/100 Points & 5 Stars: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Awarded 93/100 Points & 5 Stars: Candice Chow, Wine Chat

"Pristine and fabulously aromatic, the bouquet presents Granny Smith apple, nectarine, capsicum, and lime peel aromas, leading to a vibrant palate filled with juicy fruit intensity. Upfront and tasty, offering fabulous drinking. At its best: now to 2028" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"This Sauvignon Blanc is packed with ripe tropical fruit and herbaceous notes, revealing a saline, mineral-textured palate and a thirst-quenching finish" Candice Chow,  Wine Chat

Succulent, expressive fruit is lifted by a fine, flinty minerality, giving the wine both power and poise. Aromas of white florals and fresh nettle leap from the glass, while the palate shows vibrant citrus, delicate herbal tones, and a subtle saline edge. True to its origins, the finish is lively, crisp, and persistent. A Sauvignon Blanc that marries bright New World fruit with the elegance and mineral precision of the Old World.

Alc: 12.5%

2 x  Ward Valley Estate Coastal Block Marlborough Chardonnay 2023

Awarded 93/100 Points & 5 Stars: Candice Chow, Wine Chat
Awarded 93/100 Points: Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier

"Aromas and flavours of peach and red apple, vanilla and smoky barrel spice, a sea air quality and grounded earthy qualities. Crisp and dry on the palate with tannins and acidity leading to flavours that reflect the bouquet, medium+ acid line and weighty mouthfeel. Well made with a custard cream quality, freshness and varietal power. Best from 2024 through 2029" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier

"A single block expression, with distinctive minerality, beautifully ripe fruit dances on a lightly creamy mouthfeel melded with barrel aged complexity and lends a long finish. Elegantly expressed aromas of peach, grapefruit, apple, custard, vanilla, flint and pebbles" Candice Chow, Wine Chat

Fresh citrus and mineral flavour, a typical cool climate chardonnay that has light-bodied freshness with a delicate oak roundness. Sourced from our vineyard in the sub region of Ward Valley, southern Marlborough, blessed with deep clay loam soils and traces of limestone. Single Vineyard.

Alc: 13.5%

2 x Ward Valley Estate Mt Victoria Block Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022

Awarded 92/100 Points: Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier
Awarded 91/100 Points & 4.5 Stars: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"A varietal bouquet with aromas of cherry and plums, both fresh and preserved. As the wine opens up the scents of brown kitchen cupboard spiced and oak begin to unfold. Dry on the palate with a fine polished tannins and medium+ acid frame, baking spices and a dark clay earthy quality. There’s also a sense of fallen autumnal leaves and barrel spice combinations. Dry, balanced and well made" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier

"It’s complex and inviting on the nose with sweet berry, thyme, warm spice and hazelnut aromas with a hint of vanilla. The palate is equally charming, delivering supple texture and silky tannins, leading to a lingering velvety finish" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

Gorgeously styled and seductively complex, showing ripe cherry, thyme, smoked game, almond and earthy mushroom characters, leading to a beautifully rounded palate offering excellent weight and soothing mouthfeel. Splendidly framed by silky texture and polished tannins, finishing long and satisfying. Single Vineyard.

Alc: 13.5%