Mahi Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Reviews

No review for this vintage yet. Mahi Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 received:

Bob Campbell, MW (The Real Review): 92/100.

NZ Wine Rater (Steve Bennett MW, Lynette Hudson): 91/100. Moderately pungent, grassy, citrus bouquet with aromas of preserved lemon, gooseberry, basil, and lemongrass. Vibrant, dry, super-crisp palate with lemon-rind and lime flavours dominating and a zesty finish. Fresh, focused, acid-driven wine.

Tasting Note

This wine shows an array of fruit characters, ranging from citrus and gooseberry through to tropical notes. This is complemented by some secondary characters from the natural yeast ferments and also some barrel aging. The palate has an elegant structure with a creamy, textural mid-palate and a long finish.

Aromas and flavours:

Additional information

Type: White wine

Grape varial: Sauvignon Blanc

Alcohol: 13% vol

Food match: seafood, particularly oysters or lightly seared scallops.

Vineyard: Marlborough, New Zealand. From six different vineyards, all of them giving particular attributes to the final wine.

Winemaking: The hand-picked fruit was whole-cluster pressed so that the time on skins was minimised. To achieve a more elegant and subtle wine, only free-run juice was used. A portion of this juice, 19% for this vintage, was barrel-fermented in older French oak to give greater weight, though ensuring that wood is not evident on the nose. The balance of the wine was fermented cool to retain the fruit characters from our vineyards. The native ferment portion, 35%, also adds levels of flavour and texture, giving a savoury note that balances some sweeter fruit. The wine was left on lees for up to 9 months to add another layer of complexity.

Residual sugar: 0.8 g/l

Bottle size: 0.75l

Notice: contains sulphites

Cellaring potential: until 2026+

Closure: Screwcap

Produced and bottled by: Mahi Wines Ltd., 9 Terrace Rd, PO Box 33, Renwick, Marlborough, New Zealand