AMW Annual Collection Sauvignons Blanc – 2024 release

AMW Annual Collection Sauvignons Blanc – 2024 release

AMW Annual Collection Sauvignons Blanc – 2024 release

Rohe Blind River Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough. Delicious, fresh, fruity and varietal with core aromas and flavours of peach and sweet grapefruit, apple, pear and a fine layer of tropical fruits including pineapple. Hay and fresh green herbs, a wet stony soil quality and white spice features. Crisp and refreshing with a focused acid line and length. Well made with a lengthy finish. Best drinking from 2024 through 2027+. 94 Points Produced and bottled by Rapaura Springs

Starborough 'Sons of the Soil' Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough. Potent bouquet and palate with aromas and flavours of fresh peach and lemon, apple and tropical passionfruit. Vibrant and fresh on the palate with a quiver in the acidity leading to a delicious mouthfeel and finish. Balanced and well made in a just dry expression with best drinking from 2024 through 2027. 93+ Points

Ahi Kā Blackmore Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Dillons Point, Marlborough. Aromas and flavours of fresh lemon and nettles, gooseberry and grapefruit, apple and a natural fruit spice quality. Just dry as the wine touches the palate with flavours that reflect the bouquet carried by a lovely and salivating acid line. Balanced, well made and ready to drink from day of purchase through 2026+.92+ Points

Auntsfield 'Nature's Path' Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Southern Valleys, Marlborough. Complex and enticing bouquet, there’s a touch of floral mystery surrounding the classic scents of red apple and grapefruit, some tropical fruits and white spice. Calm and complex, fresh and saline on the palate, don’t get me wrong there’s also plenty of acidity carrying all these messages across the palate. A satin touch with core fruit flavours reflecting the bouquet. Lengthy and well made with best drinking from 2025 through 2027. 94 Points

Dog Point Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough. An excellent bouquet and palate with scents and flavours of citrus and nettles, fresh sage and grapefruit, apple and a layer of green passionfruit fresh lychee nut. Crisp and dry with plenty of mouthfeel, saline qualities and freshness. Some time on lees adds to the texture and length. Delicious, fresh, balanced and well made. Best drinking from day of purchase through 2029. 94 Points

Pretty Paddock Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough. A classic style with a burst of tropical fruits in the bouquet, passion fruit and mango then apple and grapefruit. Fresh and lively with acidity and core fruit power delivering a wine of reliability and style. Ready for summer 2025 through the next 12-18 months. 88 Points

Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough. Pungent and fruity, there’s complexity and purity with aromas of fresh citrus peel and pith, a saline minerality and white fleshed stone and tree fruit scents. The bouquet has power and presence which I find very appealing. A dry wine touches the palate first with core fruit flavours reflecting the bouquet plus red apple. There’s also a savoury spice quality further enhanced by the acid line. Delicious, refreshing, saline and ready to drink from early 2025 through 2030+. 94+ points

Nautilus Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough. A decisive power and intensity is immediate with a bouquet of ripe grapefruit and peach, there’s some red apple and lemon custard scents then a touch of lees and perhaps a touch of older barrel evident. A vibrant texture on the palate driven by acidity and fruit spice then flavours of citrus and peach to match the bouquet. Balanced, well-made and ready to drink from day of purchase through 2027+. 93 Points

Georges Michel 'Golden Mile' Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough. Vibrant and distinctive bouquet with aromas of passion fruit and lime, fresh apple and tropical cape gooseberry fruits. The nettle and grassy qualities classic in many Sauvignons Blanc are tastefully apparent here too. Crisp and dry, fruity and loud. great texture and length with a focus on citrus and tropical fruit flavours. Fresh and ready with best drinking from 2024 through 2028. 93 Points

Isabel Estate Singel Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Wairau Valley. There’s an immediate purity and freshness in the bouquet with a vibrant frame and quiver of spice and fruits. It is also complex with a nice elegant side, floral wet stone mineral qualities. Fresh citrus and gooseberry, some hay and nettles then white peach and lemon all rush onto the palate. Acidity and alcohol pull of the flavours together adding texture and weight, length and finish. Best drinking from 2025 through 2030. 95 Points

Whitehaven Single Vineyard Series Block II Barrel Fermented Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough. An enticing bouquet of lees and a light barrel-ferment quality, complex and youthful, a bouquet with shape and form. Crisp and dry, textured and delicious on the palate. Flavours of lemon and baked apple, grapefruit peel and baking spices from barrel and lees contact. Very good weight and palate appeal, impact of flavours and textures. Lengthy and well made to with or without food. best from 2025 through 2029. 94 Points

Huia Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough. A lovely example with a core of ripeness and freshness, aromas and flavours of pear and white peach, citrus peel and gooseberry. A dry wine touches the palate first with a decent backbone of acidity to contrast the core fruit flavours that reflect the bouquet, A mineral flinty quality, some honeysuckle and lick of white spice all layer onto the palate nicely. Best drinking from 2024 through 2029. 94 Points