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Sauvignon Blanc Wairau Reserve 2018

Saint Clair

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Tasting Notes

A fresh, ripe and bright sauvignon with abundant tropical fruit. Lime and green-mango flavors really drive the palate. Fresh, elegant and focused. Drink now. Screw cap.

Score: 92

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Maturity: 2019+ 16 October 2019

An individual parcel picked out by the Saint Clair winemaking team as the best of their 2018s, this is from the lower part of the Wairau Valley where proximity to the ocean and cooler night-time temperatures encourage a longer hang-time, and therefore good flavour development in the grapes. Saint Clair has got winning gold medals for Sauv Blanc down to a fine art, and you can see why here. It has a wonderful nose of leafy key lime pie with touches of refreshing mint. It's big and bold on the palate but with great balance and restraint, showing bags of juicy citrus zestiness. If you're going to splash out on one top-flight NZ SB this summer, then this one will surely fit the bill. (The 2017 vintage is also excellent). - David Longfield Drinking Window 2019 - 2023

Score: 96

Decanter, Decanter.com 22 May 2019

Crushed stone and bruised tomato leaves mark the nose of the 2018 Sauvignon Blanc Wairau Reserve, which this year comes from the same vineyard as the Pioneer Block 3 bottling. This offering is perhaps a bit riper and less herbaceous, with flavors of white currants and grapefruit on the medium-bodied palate. There's a bit of silkiness to the texture, and it has a long, focused finish.

Score: 90

Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2019-2021 29 March 2019