New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc: Panel tasting results

The flagship wine from renowned winemaker Kevin Judd, who founded this winery with wife Kimberley in 2009 after 25 years at Cloudy Bay. Sourced from...

Ivan Sutherland and James Healy met at Cloudy Bay then joined forces to found this estate in 2004. Section 94 is from a parcel in...

From vines planted between 1999 and 2005 on low-yielding gravelly soils of the lower terraces of Amisfield’s estate vineyard. Grapes were hand-harvested and wholebunch pressed...

Part of Pyramid Valley’s Pastures Collection (single-site wines from the three main South Island appellations but not using estate grapes), the Weaver name honours the...

Fruit from selected rows within Saint Clair’s best vineyards in Lower Wairau are used for this wine, with the grapes left to hang a week...

Haysley MacDonald, descendent of the original Mãori tribe that arrived in Wairau in 1350, converted the family farm to vineyards in 2003, releasing Te Pā’s...

Lactic, yoghurt nose with evident barrel influence. Defined layers of creamy stone fruit and hazelnuts. Nice texture and weight, concentrated with a balance of sweet...

Pea pod and tinned asparagus with hints of butterscotch that complement tropical fruit aromas. Attractive and layered with sweet spices throughout. Key lime pie and...

Quince and melon with restrained citrus notes and flinty tones. Lovely intensity with lifting oak and a sprinkle of stone fruit. Lovely intensity on the...

Waxy, pithy, kerosene notes, gentle and delicate fruit with a toasty nutty background. Bitter lemon, savoury and herbaceous background with a waxy honeycomb, feel and...

Flint, matchstick, restrained tropical fruit and mineral, ripe citrus notes. The palate is ripe but crisp, with polished and clean citrus zest, beeswax and tropical...

Toasty hazelnuts on the nose with perfumed, vanilla cedar notes. Guava and rounded citrus flavours, supported by a creamy texture. Lime, kiwi, and passionfruit pair...

Attractive nose that is unmistakably Sauvignon Blanc, fresh, clean tropical notes with a racy acidity, fresh, zippy mouthful. Ripe and generous in style, but still...

Pithy grapefruit peel notes on the nose with lovely purity. Serious, inviting and focussed, with evident sweet spices from the oak but without the fruit...

Waxy, pithy with rounded citrus and floral, sweet spice. Chunky concentration on the palate. Lots of rounded citrus and passionfruit. There is some complexity, and...

Tropical notes with guava and lime. Quite racy, with lovely notes of herbs and white nectarines. Citrus and passionfruit cut through with a classic herbaceous...

Light lime fruit nose with hints of herbaceous and floral aromas. Textured layered and plenty of flavours here with some yellow stone fruit mixing with...

Rich guava, passionfruit and toasted nuts. Vanilla custard and just a touch of reduction. Textured and creamy with hints of yoghurt on the back palate....

Menthol grassiness with pea pod and petrichor, wet slate aromas. Good concentration on the palate. Lots of ripe passionfruit, gooseberry, lime and mango with a...

Elegant passionfruit and gooseberry with an undercut of lime. Good intensity on the palate with a punch of juicy, crunchy texture on the back palate....

Tinned asparagus pea pod on the nose. Dried mango, fresh citrus and passionfruit with focused, zippy freshness. Soft and pleasant to drink with significant ginger...

Waxy, savoury with hints of buttercup and toasty aromas. Evident oak influence, but not too overpowering with lovely purity and depth. Bitter almond pithiness and...

Notes of passionfruit on the nose with hints of green grassiness, creamy with a slight farmyard wildness. A punch of intense acidity with layers of...

Herbaceous gooseberry and cut grass with hints of lime, peach and passionfruit. Good balance and poise. Solid, well-made wine, typical of place, but a nice,...

A focused nose with hints of smokiness and elegant, ripe, racy citrus. Fresh, crisp and crunchy fruit, lean and green in style. Concentrated, with a...

A rounded citrus and fresh passionfruit nose. Pineapple, kiwi and tropical fruit meld with the fresh acidity. Well-integrated, a pleasant glass of wine.

Restrained lime fruit and gooseberry nose. Fresh, clean and focused with a tantalising feel on the palate. Smart, and well put-together. Well-integrated acidity with a...

Stone fruit, hints of herbs and floral aromas. Fresh, crunchy and bright with tropical, spiced citrus fruits. The salinity and acidity make the wine pleasant...

Toasty and oaky with vanilla spice and herbaceous, tropical fruit aromas. Quince and guava mingle with layers of ripe lemon and creamy, sweet spices. Fresh...

Perfumed on the nose with white nectarine notes, citrus, ripe guava and hazelnut toast. Concentrated Key Lime pie flavours with an enticing texture. It will...