2023 Mystery Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Deal No. 75

94 POINTS

Bob Campbell MW - The Real Review

Fine-grained, punchy sauvignon blanc with passionfruit, jalapeno pepper and oyster shell flavours together with appealing purity. I love the wine's gentle acidity balanced by fruit sweetness, and its exquisite tension

92 POINTS

Wine Spectator

Distinctive notes of chive flower, flint and smoked sea salt up front mingle with savory toasted herb accents. Offers a generous core of peach, passion fruit and pineapple flavors, with fresh acidity

91 POINTS

Shanteh Wale - Halliday's Wine Companion

he trademark vitality of Marlborough sauvignon blanc can be found right here, as it leaps from the glass. Guava, passionfruit curd and Meyer lemons. A spray of elderflower and lime cordial. Acidity carries the tropical fruit flavours with hints of almond and pineapple flesh. A stir of lees adds a prickle of lemon pith. Finishes with a crisp finish. Undeniably full of flavour

90 POINTS

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Sweet pea, gooseberry, apple puree and nashi pear define the fruit spectrum. I am putting down the slight textural awkwardness to the fact that it has not settled yet. The fruit was sourced from Dillon's Point (lower Wairau) which is well known for its potent fruit character, on show here in spades. An exuberant wine