2020 Yealands Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

Yealands Wines are inspired by the coast that surrounds their property in New Zealand, so close to the ocean that the vines are often misted with sea spray. The beauty of the environment influences how Yealands crafts wine, respectful of nature and the land. This bright, energetic Pinot exudes the terroir of the cool growing region and is sure to find a welcome home in any serious Pinot drinkers glass.

Natalie Christensen, named by The Drinks Business as one of the World’s Most Influential Women in Wine in 2018, is a gifted winemaker with well over a decade of winemaking experience under her ever-colorful belt. Natalie became part of the fulltime Yealands winemaking team in 2015 having already worked for other notable New Zealand wineries Saint Clair Family Estate and Matahiwi Estate. Prior to joining Yealands, she was Winemaker at La Cana in Rias Baixas, Spain making albariño for the Jorge Ordonez group. She became Yealands’ Chief Winemaker at the end of 2018.

Yealands believes in sustainable winemaking and creating thoughtfully crafted wines that work in harmony with their landscape. Based in the Awatere Valley, the southernmost, coolest, and driest of Marlborough's growing regions. Yealands is one of only a handful of wineries around the world to be certified as carbon neutral and the first-ever to be certified from inception. Yealands' sustainable Seaview Vineyard is one of the most coastal vineyards in New Zealand; its proximity to the coastline provides distinctive mineral characteristic.

100% Sauvignon Blanc. The nose is generous with ripe tropical and citrus notes, alongside flowering herbs and blackcurrant leaf. The delicious palate is layered with green tropical fruits and balanced with a refreshing crisp mineral finish.Enjoy with seafood, grilled chicken, salads, and pasta.

A vibrant, energetic, classic Marlborough style with gooseberries, nettles, ripe passion fruit, red currant and almost a suggestion of salty sea breeze. Full, lush, generous, forward fruit with good concentration and length and a salty, salivating acid vein. ~92 New Zealand Wine Rater Magazine

Punchy herbaceous, lime nose, some tropical hints. Flavours follow through attractively, focused notes of gooseberry and elderflower under bright tropical character.~90 Decanter

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