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9.1

The 2023 Sauvignon Blanc Black Label is a well-judged style. It is nicely textured with decent substance through its bright, firm core. Attractive gooseberry, elderflower and passion fruit flavors combine well. Five months on lees rounds out its edges and lends flesh to the light-bodied palate. $16.00 (Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous, May 2024) — a month ago

ESF

9.0

Impressive NZ SB: you have to like this in your face style: huge blast of grapefruit & gooseberry, grassy herbal notes, stones & minerals, it is intense. Not too acidic or angular on palate - particularly if you let it warm up just a bit, fruit turns smoother & more tropical, but still that wall of grapefruit & gooseberry. Lingering dry finish resonates — 9 months ago

edward Simpson

8.9

Not a huge fan of Sauvignon Blanc, but this is the opposite of chemically and gooseberry SBs. Fine, hint of citrus (not overpowering on the gooseberry) — 2 years ago

Kadua Tukvaga

9.7

Delicate and aromatic.
Candy, sweet nectarine, lemon, gooseberry, orchid, asparagus, green apple, cream note, vanilla note.

Medium - intensity
Medium alcohol
Medium acidity
Medium - body
Medium finish

Good wine.
Drink now and not suitable for further ageing. — 4 months ago

Roman Ochocki

9.3

Fresh gooseberry, tropical, passion fruit. Joy :) — 8 months ago

Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.0

Characteristic #sancerre - leans more gooseberry & stone fruit with less prominent grassy aromas. Creamy texture on palate - delicious wine. — 2 years ago

Mark Eastom

9.0

Magnum. Slate minerality, flint, citrus, gooseberry and great acid. — 3 years ago

Doug Powers

9.4

So, just arrived in Australia this morning for some wine exploring, and my wife wanted a wine we could sip, so here we are drinking Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc. As fine as the “regular” Greywacke SB is, this wine seems another level up, gooseberry aromas and flavors, really complex, actually reminds me of the early Cloudy Bay SBs we drank a fair amount of after visiting the Cloudy Bay winery back in 1994. — 8 months ago

Ellen Clifford

8.9

Classic example of the grape , with a touch more balance than you might expect. Gooseberry and greens nose, tropical body grounded by minerality and smoke. — a year ago

Ray Vanderhoff

8.9

Light straw color with green highlights. Intense aromas of passion fruit and grapefruit. The pallet is very fruit forward with gooseberry, grapefruit and lemon. Bit of a minerally finish. Crisp acidity. Refreshing. Pretty good (typical) NZ Sauvignon Blanc. — 2 years ago