Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

"Intense and pungent, powerful and refreshing bouquet of passionfruit and red apples, mandarin peel, crisp green pear, nettles and cape-gooseberry. A soon as the wine touches the palate I am salivating with plush, ripe fruit flavours that reflect the bouquet, there’s a fresh herb quality, a salinity and fresh basil herb suggestion. Delicious and ready. Best drinking from late 2024 through 2026+"

"Offering terrific fruit purity and power, the wine shows kiwifruit, feijoa, crunchy apple and jasmine aromas on the nose. The palate delivers excellent weight and fruit intensity, wonderfully supported by saline texture and bright acidity, finishing impressively long and satisfying."

"This is a strong, classically styled bottling by Marlborough stalwart Jules Taylor. A heady combo of pineapple, passionfruit and grass is underscored by dried herbs. It flows to a palate that’s crisp, dry and peachy right to the finish. Easy sipping with lovely balance, tension and textural weight for food friendliness."

Complex nose with layers of subtle pear, smoke, flint and earthy minerality. The palate is medium-bodied, dry and serious with lightly chewy phenolics framing the subtle fruit which holds through to the finish. Currently quite closed, it will unfurl in a year or so to deliver spicy complexity.

Robust lemon sorbet, pomelo and fresh apple notes mingle with a ripe pear accent. Details of white pepper, lemon blossoms and ginger add an air of elegance, with a fine thread of acidity.

"So 2025 marks the twenty-fifth vintage for Jules Taylor, and with this release you can see where twenty-four years of winemaking excellence can get you! A delightfully expressive example of the variety and place. From the go it's red apple skin, passionfruit, blackcurrant leaf and a suggestion of the hallmark gooseberry, here honed rather than allowed free reign. The palate possesses a quartzy minerality, with a little salinity roaming through the finish. A lovely example."

"An elegant and detailed expression of sauvignon, the airy floral aromas weave between grapefruit, ripe apple and sweet herb notes on this rather complex creature. The dry palate has fine phenolic grip, giving a sense of chalkiness and restraint to the otherwise perfumed flavours. Although approachable already, this has the depth and complexity to warrant keeping for a year or two as more unfolds."