91pts James Suckling

Aromas of lemons and limes follow through to a medium body with creamy texture and a fresh and crisp finish. Some green melon in the aftertaste. Drink now. Screw cap.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2024 Sauvignon Blanc is concentrated and tropical, with a reliable delivery of "New Zealand savvy" intensity. It is satisfying, almost crunchy and certainly flavorsome. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

Vinous

The 2024 Sauvignon Blanc is clean, precise and herbaceous in style. It's initially a touch reductive on the nose lending a slight onion note on the opening. Give it some air to reveal its passion fruit and citrus notes as well as an intriguing coriander kick. The 2024 is dry, light-bodied and crisp, with high acidity.

Tasting Notes

Plenty of passionfruit and grapefruit with some minerality and salinity. The palate is juicy with flavours of passionfruit, grapefruit and peaches. Slight chalkiness and some salinity coming through, and vibrant acidity leaving a long finish.

About the Wine

Harvested at peak flavour maturity from our estate and grower vineyards across Marlborough. Gentle juice extraction, cold settled and fermented in stainless steel tanks with a range of aromatic yeasts.

Winery Notes

The 1990s were a time of discovery and courage in Marlborough. Deep in the Waihopai Valley, Bryan and Jan Johnson had the audacity to establish 180 hectares of estate vineyards on land considered too hard, too dry and too unfertile for wine.

It was a venture that started with a passion for the land. This pioneering spirit established one of New Zealand’s most successful family-run wineries, now growing 7 varietals and exporting to 35 countries.

Today, Spy Valley’s commitment remains to the land and to the people who tend it – we are simply farmers at heart, nurturing soil and vine to cultivate the complexities in our wine. And we’re mindful that it’s our focus on sustainability which will ensure our guardianship of this land for generations to come.

We’re considered a little clandestine around here, deep in our bewitching valley. Perhaps it comes with being named for our proximity to the spy base down the road, but we like a bit of mystery.

Perhaps it’s because we are always searching for the best of the best to produce exceptional wine. Perhaps it’s because managing six varieties of grapes takes a great deal of knowing the land, the environment and climate, and in the past we’ve classified these traditions.

These are secrets, however, that we’ve decided it’s time to share.

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