If only more Sauvignon Blanc was like this. It has a great mix of fleshy fruit and primary acidity. There's plenty of aromatic fruitiness, as the variety is known for, in the form of ripe guava, white grapefruit, and passionfruit. It's also remarkably floral with elderflower and white daisy. The aromatics really leap out of the glass! There's also a distinctive herbal vein running through the wine—notes of basil and fresh grass, but they're totally in sync with the other flavours.

It’s no secret that they like doing things differently in New Zealand. The Kiwi scene, in particular, is dominated by a series of small, quirky, forward-thinking boutique wineries, and while this is nothing particularly unusual nowadays, this trend can be traced back to one key game-changing winery: Te Whare Ra (TWR). Set up in the early years of NZ wine in the 1970s, the original winemakers at TWR - Allen and Joyce Hogen - knew immediately that they had something special The land they were working with had some remarkable characteristics, and no matter what they did, the results seemingly never failed to be highly impressive. Indeed, TWR quickly gained a reputation for highly aromatic, elegant and expressive wines. Eyebrows quickly rose when the rather brilliantly named Anna and Jason Flowerday took over the site in 2003. Were this young Aussie couple going to continue in the same vein and give New Zealand’s first boutique winery the respect it deserves? Thankfully, the Flowerdays wanted to build upon their predecessors’ passion for expressive and unique wines and take their approach even further. Before long, TWR had become half organic, half biodynamic, and the zero-intervention, small-batch approach of the Flowerdays began producing wines that exceeded anyone’s already high expectations.