2023 Blank Canvas Holdaway Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

The Holdaway Vineyard is in the Dillons Point subregion located on the coastal fringe of the Wairau Valley. Regenerative, no-till farming.
“Intense passion-fruit aroma – more marked than in previous vintages, which I have found more green-fruited/citrusy, but the intensity of the fruit is tempered by a fresh herbal note and a hint of something more stony/steely even if this is a more fruit-focused than minerality-focused wine. A powerful and harmonious wine that balances depth of fruit with high acidity, both of which make that little bit of residual sugar unnoticeable except perhaps in contributing to the roundness in the mouth. With time in the glass, the herbal aroma starts to catch up with that initial passion-fruit character but the latter dominates the palate. There’s a very attractive chalky aftertaste, which the producers suggest is from the site because they find it in the neighbouring vineyard, too. This will probably age longer than I have suggested but the fruit is so vibrant now there is no reason to wait.”

17/20 Julia Harding MW for Jancis Robinson MW

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