Shanteh Wale
Halliday Wine Companion
95/100
There is a layer of thorny prickle, a nettle herb that is utterly intoxicating in this wine. It unravels what you know of sauvignon blanc, making it a star-studded wine in my books.
Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2025
Product.Nr. 2466
From Kevin Judd, one of New Zealand's most iconic winemakers. This wine captures the pure essence of Marlborough with its intense aromas of ripe peach, citrus pith, and refreshing mineral acidity. While the "Wild" version explores texture and oak, this classic bottling focuses on precision and fruit intensity. It is the perfect choice for those who love the crisp, lively energy that made Kevin Judd’s winemaking world-famous.
product description
Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2025
Tasting Note
Picture a summer picnic table – vases of white blossom, a vibrant salad of aromatic herbs with soft, yellow peach, crunchy pear and a squeeze of juicy lime; apricot sponge cake and custard tarts – a sweet-scented array of ripe deliciousness. On the palate, flavours of honeydew melon and white nectarine mingle with savoury notes of crushed seashells and a hint of chalky minerality. A fruit-driven Marlborough style with generosity and weight, it delivers a luscious sense of ripeness that finishes with a mouthwatering lemon-sherbet zing.
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Reviews
Reviews for Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2025:
Erin Larkin
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
94/100
In the mouth, the wine is tightly coiled and yet textured by pithy phenolics. The length of the flavour is long, as we have come to expect from Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc. This is a superb wine in any vintage.
Cameron Douglas MS
camdouglas.com
94/100
Ripe and fruity, core varietal scents of cape gooseberry and fresh basil, pineapple and mango, grapefruit and citrus peel. A wine with a deep core of minerality as well suggesting a silty soil and stony earthy suggestions. Taut and dry, an electric acid line with a natural fruit sweetness quality delivering contrast and flavour. As the wine warms on the palate the flavours expand with some lime and orange melon, dried herb and stone. An excellent example with best drinking from day of purchase through 2031.
James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com
93/100
A flavorful, focused and textural sauvignon blanc with papayas, limes and stones on the nose. Medium-bodied with bright acidity. Lively and succulent, with a precise palate and a long finish. Drink or hold.
Stephen Wong MW
The Real Review
93/100
An attention-grabbing, perfumed and airy expression, filled with pretty floral and sweet apple flavours.
MaryAnn Worobiec
Wine Spectator
92/100
Offers juicy, fleshy peach and pineapple flavors on a sleek and mouthwatering frame, with notes of lemon sage and lemon verbena, plus whiffs of candied ginger, matcha and jasmine. Gains intensity and expands further on the finish.
Additional information
Wine type: White wine
Grape varial: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Food match: Serve as an aperitif, with seafood, salads and vegetables
Vineyards: Marlborough, New Zealand. Fruit was sourced from several prime vineyard sites in Marlborough’s Southern Valleys and the central Wairau Plains, specifically Woodbourne, Renwick and Rapaura. Soil types vary from the young alluvial soils of Rapaura and Renwick, which contain high proportions of New Zealand’s ubiquitous greywacke river stones, to the older and denser clay-loams of the Southern Valleys.
Vintage Report for Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2025: An exceptional vintage for Sauvignon Blanc. Warm, sunny conditions and a long ripening period allowed for precise and fully developed aromas. The late harvest, beginning in late March, provided ideal conditions for perfectly ripened grapes. A warm, generous vintage that stands for expressive, elegant and characterful Sauvignon Blancs.
Winemaking: Harvested largely by machine during cool (often cold) night-time conditions, the fruit was picked at high sugar levels over a 3-week period, commencing 24 March. Transported directly to the winery in the Omaka Valley, fruit was lightly pressed to yield a modest volume of high-quality juice. The juice was cold-settled and racked prior to fermentation, which was primarily carried out in stainless steel tanks with cultured yeast. All individual vineyard batches were left on lees until late May, when the blend was assembled. The wine was bottled in early August.
Alcohol: 13.1% vol
Wine style: dry
Total acidity: 6.8 g/l
Bottle size: 0.75l
Notice: contains sulphites
Cellaring potential: Best drinking from day of purchase through 2031
Closure: Screwcap
| Nutritional Information per 100 ml | |
|---|---|
| Energy | 320 kJ (76 kcal) |
| Fat | 0 g |
| of which Saturates | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 0.7 g |
| of which Sugars | <0.5 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
| Salt | <0.01 g |
Ingredients: Grapes, antioxidant: ascorbic acid; preservative: sulphites. Bottled in a protective atmosphere.
Produced and bottled by: Greywacke Vineyards, Renwick Rd, Marlborough, New Zealand
Distributor: FrischeParadies GmbH & Co. KG, Geschäftsbereich Weinwerk Frankfurt, Lärchenstraße 80, 65933 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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