From their Central Otago Northburn vineyard, in a low-yielding but excellent year – the very first vintage of this wine. A very pale lemon-green in the glass. The perfume manages to be both elegant, youthful and emphatic – spilling from the glass in a burst of melon, cucumber, peach, passionfruit and freesia. Through into the palate there are richer notes of spicy oak, nougat and toasted baguette. Buoyant acidity adds vibrancy, drive and balances out some of the richer elements and the growing creaminess. A crushed shell minerality echoes through the mid-palate. The fruit still rises to the fore and that coltish vitality follows through to the most pure, clean and mouth-watering finish. A wine that goes straight into my Top 10 wines of this Year. 95pts
Te Kano Sauvignon Blanc 2021
