Windy, dry, stony, and featuring extremes of hot days and cold nights, the Awatere Valley has the perfect conditions for creating extraordinary wines. This Sauvignon Blanc is intensely aromatic, with dazzling freshness and beautifully outlined tropical fruit, apple, lime, passion fruit and more. Zesty, expressive, and perfect for seafood.

This has a singular nose of subtle blood oranges, preserved cherries, rose petals and a metallic touch. The palate is medium-bodied with a very pale color, but it retains concentration and grip in a very delicate way. Drink now. Score - 92. (Jacobo Garcia-Andrade Llamas, jamessuckling.com, March 8, 2025)

It's delightfully fruited and elegantly fragrant with rockmelon, green pear and lemon zest aromas with a hint of ginger spice. The palate is equally attractive with lovely fruit purity combined with fleshy texture and juicy acidity, finishing long and refreshing. At its best: now to 2027. Score - 93. (Sam Kim, wineorbit.co.nz, June 2024)