Sacred Hill Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2018

Complex aromas of ripe mandarin, nettle, fresh apricot, baked peach and lemon curd mingle with vanilla and clove spices. A seaside saltiness leads into the palate reinforcing a lovely rich entry that evolves seamlessly through the palate – this finishes with a mouth-watering acidity making you reach for another glass.

Summer in Marlborough was a warm one, so we started picking fruit earlier than normal. We had one short rain event early on, but that was followed by more lovely warmth giving a real boost to flavour ripening over that time. Harvest is always busy in Marlborough but with our range of vineyards across a number of microclimates, we managed to capture vineyards, one by one, at their perfect flavour profile.

A portion of this wine (60%) was fermented in predominantly older French oak barrels – about 15% new oak was used, which adds textural complexity. The wine was minimally fined before filtering for bottle.