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.

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)

Charming and brightly expressed, the inviting bouquet shows watermelon, pomegranate, apricot and white floral notes, followed by a finely textured palate offering juicy fruit flavours with refreshing acidity, making it vibrant and tasty. At its best: now to 2026. Score - 93. (Sam Kim, wineorbit.co.nz, June 2024)