A simple and delicious wine, filled with succulent fruit and juicy acidity. There's a mix of kiwi fruit, white peach and ripe orange. Plenty of high toned aromatics of lime blossom, spearmint and grapefruit peel. Some sweet pineapple and lychee flavours turn silky and creamy, with a pure acid line driving the finish to be crisp and fresh.

They say the apple doesn't fall very far from the tree. Well if this story of the Allan family is anything to go by, that aphorism has more than a grain of truth about it! Claire and Mike Allan are the founders and owners of Huia winery in the Rapaura region of Marlborough, one of the original wineries in the valley. Their young daughter Sophie grew up around vines and wine, but took a turn after school, studying arts and commerce. It was only with the 2018 vintage that she returned to the fold, to make this wonderful wine! The academic knowledge and experienced overlay her innate understanding of the wine industry, and has found her studies useful to Huia, from branding to business savvy, and a better understanding of the people who drink wine. Claire & Mike started Huia in the mid ‘90s. Living amongst the vines in house they built themselves, they raised their two daughters, Tui & Sophie while handcrafting wine and on occasion honey and olive oil. Organic for over a decade now, the care of the vineyard has always been paramount to the family. The 2018 Sublime Sauvignon Blanc is harvested from three organic vineyards situated on the Wairau Plains. These vineyard sites are sunny and warm, enhancing ripeness.