The 2023 vintage of this ever-reliable Sauvignon Blanc is a wine of enormous drive and concentration. It’s characterised by notes of vibrant citrus, fresh lemongrass and sweet honeydew melon, balanced by a stony salinity and a fresh blackcurrant flavour. It’s everything you’d expect from a Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand’s Marlborough region. It’s ready to chill and enjoy now – or cellar for another 10 years for a richer, more complex finish.

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Made from grapes harvested largely from vineyards planted on the Wairau Valley floor, where the climate and free-draining, gravelly soils provide ideal growing conditions for Sauvignon Blanc. The 2023 season was a mixed one and the vineyard teams worked tirelessly to ensure the fruit was well cared for and could mature to its full potential. Fermentation was largely carried out in stainless steel, with just under 5% of the blend fermented at a warmer temperature in oak – some was also fermented with wild yeast to build texture and complexity. As is customary with Cloudy Bay wines, this vintage was rigorously blended to include only the finest wines – 82 separate batches were tasted, with 50 selected for the final blend.”