te Pa Sauvignon Blanc 2026

Tasting Note

The 2026 te Pa Sauvignon Blanc is intensely perfumed with notes of nectarine, guava, feijoa, fresh peas and nettle. The concentrated and precise palate shows bright citrus and summer stone fruit flavours, complemented by subtle hints of fennel, soft herbs and wet river stones. This wine possesses a crisp backbone of refreshing acidity and a unique mineral saline finish.

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Additional information

Type: White wine

Grape variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc

Food match: A great match with all seafood, particularly shellfish. The crisp flavours work well with fresh summer salads or soft goat cheese. Try this wine with mussel ravioli in a lemon beurre blanc sauce.

Wine region: Marlborough, New Zealand

Vineyards: 50% Redwood Hills, Awatere Valley and 50% MacDonald Family Home Vineyard, Wairau Bar. The MacDonald Home Vineyard fruit comes from some of the historically best-performing blocks. The Seaside Block, with its sandy and shingly soils, contributes passionfruit and tropical flavours with bright acidity. A small proportion comes from blocks 2 and 3 on heavier soils, adding palate weight and depth. The naturally low-vigour, low-yielding Redwood Hills Vineyard in the Awatere Valley produces wines with strong textural and mineral elements. This cooler hillside site contributes concentration, fresh acidity and great length.

Vintage: The 2026 growing season culminated in an excellent Marlborough harvest, delivering fruit with outstanding purity, intensity and balance. A prolonged period of warm, dry weather through the latter stages of ripening allowed the grapes to develop exceptional flavour concentration while preserving the bright natural acidity that defines the region. Lower crop levels contributed to wines of impressive depth and varietal expression.

Winemaking: The blocks selected for the te Pa blend were historically low-yielding sites chosen for their superior fruit expression and concentration. The blocks were fermented separately in stainless steel tanks before blending and ageing on light lees.

Alcohol: 13% vol

pH: 3.07

Total acidity: 7.46 g/l

Residual sugar: 3.5 g/l

Bottle size: 0.75l

Notice: contains sulphites

Cellaring potential: 2029

Closure: Screwcap

Ingredients: Grapes, stabilisers: Yeast mannoproteins, packaging gases: nitrogen, preservatives: Potassium metabisulphite (E 224).

Produced and bottled by: te Pa Family Vineyards Ltd, 515 Wairau Bar Road, R.D.3, Blenheim Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand