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Takapoto Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2025

NZ$44.99

Grown on a special site in the lower Wairau Valley, with the Cook Strait just to the north, this wine bursts with ripe tropical aromatics - pineapple, passionfruit, guava, blackcurrant, and citrus blossom - carrying through to a palate along with vibrant grapefruit. Lees stirring adds complexity and textural weight, beautifully balanced by the fresh acidity imparted by the vineyard’s coastal proximity. Only 1,000L were produced, with 25% fermented in aged oak.

Technical Information:
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Region: Malborough
Vintage: 2025
Percentage Alc: 13.0%

Grown on a special site in the lower Wairau Valley, with the Cook Strait just to the north, this wine bursts with ripe tropical aromatics - pineapple, passionfruit, guava, blackcurrant, and citrus blossom - carrying through to a palate along with vibrant grapefruit. Lees stirring adds complexity and textural weight, beautifully balanced by the fresh acidity imparted by the vineyard’s coastal proximity. Only 1,000L were produced, with 25% fermented in aged oak.

Technical Information:
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Region: Malborough
Vintage: 2025
Percentage Alc: 13.0%

REVIEWS

WineFolio
The first Sauvignon Blanc for this label based in Waikato - the fruit coming from Dillons Point Road in the Lower Wairau region of Marlborough. As winemaker Alex Coldicutt said to me “We do get asked for a Sav a lot, so we probably should have one”. A very pale steely lemon yellow in the glass. The bouquet is intense but elegantly aromatic, with blackcurrant, grapefruit, red apple, dried pineapple, chamomile, lemon and boxwood. Also, that jellybean note that hints at white Bordeaux. Crisp and dry to taste, with zesty acidity giving excellent length. Plenty of phenolic grip, with fruit tannin and a quartzy minerality evident. Well-structured, but with a lightness of touch and the finish is refreshing but fine and lengthy. A rather good first effort. 

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