Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Description

Apple, Dry, Grapefruit

"This is intensely expressed on the nose, showing Granny Smith apple, grapefruit, fresh fig, jalapeno and kaffir lime characters, leading to a succulent palate that's packed with vibrant fruit intensity. Wonderfully flavoursome with terrific fruit power, making it hugely appealing. At its best: now to 2028" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2024

"Pungent and fruity, ripe and savoury, wild herbs and tropical fruits, grapefruit and white peach. Crisp and dry with myriad flavours of exotic and tropical fruits, familiar layers of citrus and apple the gooseberry and dry stone mineral qualities. A lovely mouthfeel and finish with best drinking from 2024 through 2027" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Oct 2024

Highly expressive with fresh lime, blackcurrant bud, exotic fruits, sweet herbs and a subtle mint note. The palate has great structure, with a citrus drive and juicy tropical fruits, which are intertwined with a salty edge and distinctive mineral finish. Drink now or cellar 2-4 years.

Our Seaview Vineyard in the Awatere Valley is one of New Zealand’s most coastal vineyards. Breathtaking vistas of rolling hills and wild coastline define our wines. The strong offshore winds encourage the grapes to grow small with thickened skins and wonderfully concentrated characteristics. Yealands Estate Single Vineyard wines are the truest expression of our coastal location, showcasing our unique environment and diversity of flavours across this singularly incredible vineyard.

Vintage 2024 was another one for the history books, with a hot, dry summer and low rainfall impacting the Marlborough region. It’s a year that can be celebrated for its outstanding quality. Several factors contributed to lower yields, with early spring frosts, cooler temperatures during flowering, and prolonged dry conditions and water restrictions throughout summer and the harvest period. The unique seasonal conditions of vintage 2024 have produced wines of exceptional quality and showing the wonderful hallmarks that our Marlborough vineyards are known for - highly concentrated flavours, with underlying purity and minerality. We are excited to share them with the world.

Our Seaview Vineyard in the Awatere Valley is exposed to some of the toughest growing conditions in Marlborough; high sunshine and wind, cool nights and low rainfall which produces a smaller, thicker skinned berry with intense fruit flavours.