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)

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)