Crisp, bright and tight, with pithy tangerine, passionfruit, gooseberry and pineapple rind. Acidity keeps this lively and lifted, even through intense tropical fruit. Refreshing and pure fruited Marlborough savvy and at an excellent price.
Tangerine, passionfruit and guava in this richer, full and fruity Sauvignon Blanc, sourced from 17 parcels across 3 estate vineyards over a 3-week period. Polished and creamy, the bright tropical fruit rests on a floor of lees in this grown-up version of the classic fruity Marlborough style. Named in recognition of John “Stich” Stichbury, the founder of Jackson Estate.
Aromatic green fruit with intriguing spicy and minty aromas. Shifts to ripe, slightly sweet ripe grapey and tropical fruit flavours backed by gravelly mineral and well-balanced acidity.
Lots of verve to this Chardonnay with smoky minerals, pear, fresh apple and honey. Even though there is 14%, there is not a trace of heat whatsoever, and crystalline acidity relieves any form of heaviness.
Not your typical Kiwi savvy, starting with the fact that this comes from a gloried vineyard in Bendigo, Central Otago. Whole-bunch pressed, this is partially fermented in stainless with the remainder fermented wild in older French oak barrels. The oxidative handling lends a reductive, flinty note more common in Chardonnay. Broken stones, wild herbs, flake sea salt, earthy white asparagus and grilled fennel throughout, with taut, lemon-pith acidity lacing the whole and tangerine, gooseberry and perfumed passion fruit reminding us of the grape. An undercurrent of phenolic grip finishes with stoniness. Unique and characterful, and worth seeking out.
Quintessential Kiwi Sauvignon. Pale straw colour with a nose of grapefruit, cut grass and passionfruit notes; medium-bodied, dry with richly extracted flavours of passionfruit and elderberries carried on lively lemony acidity. Great length.
The winery is back on form with this stunning Sauvignon. Pale straw colour; grassy, gooseberry and grapefruit rind nose; full-bodied, dry, rich mid-palate fruit – passionfruit and grapefruit flavours, finishing crisply with great length.