New Zealand White Wines
With its free draining stony soils, long hours of sunshine, dryish summers, high luminosity, and warm days refreshed by cold nights, the Marlborough area still dominates the Kiwi scene.
About 90% of all the Sauvignon in the country is grown there. However even within Marlborough Sauvignon comes in a wide range of styles, probably broader than, say, Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire. One can find a spectrum from the steely to the tropical, from almost spritzily bright to silky and smooth, and the occasional oaked example.
New Zealand is also a source of top quality Chardonnay, from Central Otago and Hawkes Bay. Likewise recent years have seen increasing success - now that the vines are older - with the so-called "Alsace" varieties, Pinot Gris and Riesling in particular.
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Founded by Englishman Robert Bird in 1933, Esk Valley is an old estate by Kiwi standards. This...
OriginNew Zealand
RegionHawkes Bay
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75
CodeESK422
GrapePinot Gris
Left Field is the label under which top Hawkes Bay winery Te Awa sells their more whimsical...
OriginNew Zealand
RegionGisborne
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeLEF123
GrapeAlbarino
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From fruit sourced in the Wairau and Awatere Valleys, invariably a juicy and exuberant Kiwi SB....
OriginNew Zealand
RegionMarlborough
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeESK124
GrapeSauvignon Blanc
Jules Taylor sources top quality fruit to make a precious range of wines. This is excitingly...
OriginNew Zealand
RegionMarlborough
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeJUL122
GrapePinot Gris
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"Vibrant but not overly pungent grassy and peapod aromas, with grapefruit and...
OriginNew Zealand
RegionMarlborough
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeGRE124
GrapeSauvignon Blanc
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From a family-owned winery, blended from numerous sites within Marlborough, including the...
OriginNew Zealand
RegionMarlborough
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeMOU123
GrapeSauvignon Blanc
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Mirror Lake, a wine cleverly sourced and blended from wine from some excellent estates (no...
OriginNew Zealand
RegionMarlborough
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeMIR124
GrapeSauvignon Blanc
