Tasting Note
This 2024 release shows distinctive Awatere characters of white currant, elderflower, with guava and lemongrass, coupled with lovely ripe passionfruit & tropical notes and hints of basil and lime from the Wairau. These follow through to the palate which is fine and soft with loads of fleshy fruit balanced by a ripe, juicy acidity and lingering minerality. There is real fruit weight here and that is complimented by lovely texture from the time on lees and the barrel parcels - It is utterly delicious!
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Reviews
Reviews for TWR Sauvignon Blanc 2024:
Shanteh Wale
Halliday Wine Companion
Holy moly, this is simply heavenly, with starfruit, pulpy pomelo segments and glistening limes. Summer frangipanis and lotus flowers. Citrus manages to have the high tones of lime but base tones of ruby grapefruit, and acidity hums, grounded deep within the fabric of the wine. It’s slippery, slightly salty and luxurious while uplifting. Every touch point of flavour and texture has been considered and if this is not on your wine list or in your cellar as a modern day representation of Marlborough’s innate ability with Sauvignon Blanc then shame on you. Flippin heck it’s good!
Cameron Douglas MS
CamDouglasMS.com
Ripe, pure, vibrant, varietal and with a touch of elegant softness, a bouquet of irresistible charm. On the palate a dry wine with a core of flavour and texture. red apple and nettles, some cape gooseberry and fresh pineapple. Taut, crisp and dry with an organic texture, lovely mouthfeel and length. A wine ready to drink on day of purchase through 2029+.
Sam Kim
Wine Orbit
It's finely scented on the nose, showing grapefruit, passionfruit, lemongrass, and oatmeal characters. The palate displays excellent weight and fine flow, splendidly supported by linear mouthfeel and beautifully pitched acidity. Harmonious and structured with a saline texture, finishing persistent and mouth-watering. The wine combines exuberant varietal flavours with fine, mouth-coating textures, making it sensually satisfying. At its best: now to 2032.
Erin Larkin
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2024 Sauvignon Blanc comprises a blend of fruit that is estate grown and certified organic and purchased fruit (from a close grower in the Awatere Valley) that is certified as sustainably farmed. The wine offers passionfruit, pink grapefruit, lemon oil, and green leafy herbs on the nose and very attractive chalky phenolic grip in the mouth. This beautiful wine is restrained, textural, juicy and long. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Drink 2025 to 2030.
Stephen Wong MW
The Real Review
The 2024 vintage in Marlborough is the gift that keeps on giving. Anna and Jason Flowerday, our Vignerons of the Year 2025, have released their rendition from this floral, expressive harvest and it delivers everything one would want from classic Marlborough sauvignon blanc, measured entirely in deliciousness. Fresh and vibrant sauvignon blanc with very expressive, generous flavours of gooseberry, citrus and cucumber along with juicy layers of accessible complexity in the form of cherry tomato, elderflower and warm, turned earth. The delicious, mouth-filling flavours cascade over the palate right to the zesty, fruit-driven yet dry finish. Unpretentious and charming wine for enjoying over the next couple of years. Drink: now to 2028
Christina Pickard
Wine Enthusiast
Rich, all-encompassing aromas of fleshy, honey-drizzled passionfruit, peach and pink grapefruit—with freshly sliced bell pepper waiting in the wings—lend vibrancy to this fleshy, almost creamy wine. Dry but with oodles of fruit, this is a well made Savvy B from a small ... producer that's both crowd pleasing and food friendly.
James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com
Juicy, mellow and seductive, with sweet lemons, fresh herbs and some pineapple on the nose. Medium-bodied with fresh acidity. Plenty of succulent lime character on the palate, with a fresh, bright finish. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
Additional information
Type: White wine
Grape variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Food match: Seafood, particularly oysters or lightly seared scallops. Spanner crab, wild onion, macadamia, smoked daikon, tofu.
Vineyard: This 2024 Sauvignon Blanc is a blend from two specially selected vineyards in two different sub-regions of Marlborough. One of the vineyards is in the Wairau valley - Te Whare Ra (30%) and the other is in the upper Awatere Valley - Shamrock (70%). The growing conditions in the Awatere are characterised by cooler temperatures and slower ripening, which is all important for flavour development and ripe acidity. The Wairau experiences warmer days, longer sunshine hours and a bigger diurnal range. These climatic differences result in wines which have lovely fleshiness and texture, and which are characterised by riper tropicals and stone-fruit with a lovely line of minerality.
Winemaking: The larger parcels of fruit for this wine were select machine picked and the home block portion was all hand-picked and hand-sorted. The free-run and soft pressings parcels were combined for fermentation. The majority of the parcels underwent slow, cool fermentation in stainless, with 18% of the blend fermented at warmer temps in older French oak demi-muids. All parcels spent time on fine lees, post ferment for texture. This wine has not been fined and is suitable for vegans and vegetarians and anyone else who loves authentic, hand-made wines.
Alcohol: 13.5% vol
Residual sugar: 1.0 g/l
Total Acidity: 7.0 g/l
Wine style: dry
Bottle size: 0.75l
Notice: contains sulphites
Cellaring potential: Drinking well now but will also develop with careful cellaring for 3 to 5 years.
Closure: Screwcap
Nutritional Information
| Nutritional Information per 100 ml |
| Energy |
334 kJ (80 kcal) |
| Carbohydrates |
1.2 g |
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| Contains negligible amounts of fat, saturates, protein and salt. |
Ingredients:Grapes, preservatives and antioxidants: L ascorbic acid, sulphites. Bottling may happen in a protective atmosphere.
Produced and bottled by: TE WHARE RA WINES, 56 Anglesea Street, Renwick, Marlborough, New Zealand
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