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Lemons Lemons
Spring Onions Spring Onions

Bright and zesty

Tasting notes

  • Fresh Herbs
  • Lemongrass
  • Lime

Our Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc combines the best of both sub-regions for a consistently classic Marlborough style. Initially, the cool climate Awatere aromas jump out of the glass, displaying lime, lemongrass, and fresh herbs. In contrast, the warmer Wairau Valley vineyards produce heady aromatics reminiscent of grapefruit and tropical fruit flavours.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Sauvignon Blanc

  • Fish
  • Shellfish
  • Salads

A perfect aperitif wine, serve chilled on warm summer days. Fresh herbal flavours match well with most salads, whereas the riper tropical flavours match well with any fish recipes.

 

Best served at: 8° C / 46° F

Bright, tropical and balanced, with medium body and a juicy, fruity finish.

90 POINTS

JAMES SUCKLING

Mussles Mussles

Recipe pairing

Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels

Awaken your senses with our Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels recipe perfectly paired with the gooseberry, passionfruit and fresh citrus flavours in our Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

VIEW THE RECIPE

World-famous

Marlborough

Marlborough is New Zealand’s largest wine region is world-famous for its crisp, fruit-driven Sauvignon Blanc. A blend of both Marlborough’s Wairau and Awatere Valleys, our Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc winemakers take great care to ensure this wine showcases exceptional balance and consistency every vintage.

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Spring Onions Spring Onions

Bright and Zesty

Tasting notes

  • Rockmelon
  • Grapefruit
  • Fresh Herb

Capturing the essence of Marlborough, this Cellar Selection Sauvignon Blanc is a blend of selected vineyards from the key sub regions within Marlborough. Pungent herbal aromas lead into a juicy palate bursting with zesty grapefruit and rock-melon, with a round weighty finish. The 2022 wine is 50% Wairau Valley with 50% Awatere Valley.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Sauvignon Blanc

  • Fish
  • Shellfish
  • Salad

Serve our Cellar Selection Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc lightly chilled, perfect as an aperitif or matched with any seafood dish.

 

Best served at: 8° C / 46° F

 

Mussles Mussles

Recipe pairing

Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels

Awaken your senses with our Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels recipe perfectly paired with the gooseberry, passionfruit and fresh citrus flavours in our Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

World-famous

Marlborough

Marlborough is New Zealand’s largest wine region is world-famous for its crisp, fruit-driven Sauvignon Blanc. A blend of both Marlborough’s Wairau and Awatere Valleys, our Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc winemakers take great care to ensure this wine showcases exceptional balance and consistency every vintage.

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]]> Organic Sauvignon Blanc https://villamariawines.com/products/earthgarden-sauvignon-blanc/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 03:18:19 +0000 https://villamariawines.com/?post_type=products&p=6330

Bright and zesty

Tasting notes

  • Citrus
  • Grapefruit
  • Passionfruit

Our EarthGarden Organic Sauvignon Blanc has lifted aromas of citrus fruits, lime and grapefruit that leap from the glass. The flavours on the palate showcase fresh herbs, lemongrass and passionfruit. The intense fresh fruit concentration is balanced with zesty acidity and is perfectly thirst-quenching.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Sauvignon Blanc

This wine is suitable for plant based diets, so try with fresh Summer salads featuring vibrant lemon zest, roasted hazelnuts or green herb accents.

 

Best served at: 8° C / 46° F

Recipe pairing

Asparagus & Goat’s Cheese Salad

This fresh and vibrant green salad is the perfect side dish to accompany the bright and zesty flavours found in a chilled glass of our Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. With simple ingredients, it’s an easy crowd pleaser that pairs well with roasted or grilled meats and fish.

VIEW THE RECEIPE

World-famous

Marlborough

Marlborough is New Zealand’s largest wine region is world-famous for its crisp, fruit-driven Sauvignon Blanc. A blend of both Marlborough’s Wairau and Awatere Valleys, our Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc winemakers take great care to ensure this wine showcases exceptional balance and consistency every vintage.

Discover More
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Tropical and herbaceous

Tasting notes

  • Blackcurrent
  • Passionfruit
  • Citrus

This wine displays powerful aromas of blackcurrant and passionfruit. The palate has an enticing array of ripe citrus fruits mixed with pungent herbs such as fresh rosemary, finishing with subtle acidity.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Sauvignon Blanc

  • Snapper
  • Shellfish
  • Rock Melon

This Sauvignon Blanc is perfectly paired with fresh seafood, such as sautéed scallops or seared snapper, accompanied by a fresh side salad of fresh rocket, goat cheese and melon.

 

Best served at: 8 °C / 46 °F

Aromatic with a citrusy and floral character.

91 POINTS

JAMES SUCKLING

Recipe pairing

Asparagus & Goat’s Cheese Salad

This fresh and vibrant green salad is the perfect side dish to accompany the bright and zesty flavours found in a chilled glass of our Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. With simple ingredients, it’s an easy crowd pleaser that pairs well with roasted or grilled meats and fish.

VIEW THE RECEIPE

Dynamic

Marlborough

We produce a wide range of Sauvignon Blanc wines, all from the Marlborough region. With incredible vineyards located throughout Marlborough, each site gives us a wine of its own style. The style of Sauvignon Blanc from the Wairau Valley is ripe and tropical; a pungent style of passionfruit and guava notes that leap out of the glass.

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]]> Clifford Bay Sauvignon Blanc https://villamariawines.com/products/reserve-clifford-bay-sauvignon-blanc/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:13:44 +0000 https://villamariawines.com/?post_type=products&p=5526
Spring Onions Spring Onions

Aromatic and herbaceous

Tasting notes

  • Lemongrass
  • Jalapeño
  • Lime

This Reserve Clifford Bay Sauvignon Blanc encompasses everything fresh and vibrant about Marlborough from the cooler and windier southern sub region, the Awatere Valley. Pungent aromatics of lemongrass, jalapeño and fresh herbs leap from the glass, with the classic flavour of limes and the crunch of freshly picked garden peas.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Sauvignon Blanc

  • Seafood
  • Shellfish
  • Salad

This Sauvignon Blanc is perfectly paired with fresh seafood, such as sautéed scallops or seared snapper, accompanied by a fresh side salad of fresh rocket, goat cheese and melon.

 

Best served at: 8 °C / 46 °F

Refreshing notes of lime, green apples and pears with hints of citrus leaf and orange blossom.

91 POINTS

JAMES SUCKLING

Recipe pairing

Asparagus & Goat’s Cheese Salad

This fresh and vibrant green salad is the perfect side dish to accompany the bright and zesty flavours found in a chilled glass of our Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. With simple ingredients, it’s an easy crowd pleaser that pairs well with roasted or grilled meats and fish.

View Recipe

Dynamic

Marlborough

We produce a wide range of Sauvignon Blanc wines, all from the Marlborough region. With incredible vineyards located throughout Marlborough, each site gives us a wine of its own style. Awatere Sauvignon Blanc is on the pungent, green side of the spectrum, producing crisp, focused and mineral wines with herbaceous, citrus flavours, and a lip smacking salinity.

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Tropical and herbaceous

Tasting notes

  • Blackcurrent
  • Herbs
  • Jalapeño

Lifted aromatics of fresh garden peas and blackcurrants mingled with herbs such as coriander. On the palate are concentrated flavours of jalapeño and lemongrass, with a punchy finish of lime zest and a hint of gunflint. A key point of interest in this wine is the chalky texture reminiscent of wet river stones.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Sauvignon Blanc

  • Snapper
  • Shellfish
  • Fresh Salad

This Sauvignon Blanc is perfectly paired with fresh seafood, such as sautéed scallops or seared snapper, accompanied by a fresh side salad of fresh rocket, goat cheese and melon.

 

Best served at: 8 °C / 46 °F

Essence of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc from the greener side of the flavour spectrum.

95 POINTS

BOB CAMPBELL

Pungent and bright, with concentrated green apple, lime, coriander, juniper and brine.

91 points

Erin Larkin

Bright and lively sauvignon, showing aromas of green pears, kiwi fruit, snow peas and elderflowers.

92 points

James Suckling

Fragrant, steely, stony soils and ripe citrus fruits bouquet.

93 POINTS

Cam Douglas

Mussles Mussles

Recipe pairing

Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels

Awaken your senses with our Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels recipe perfectly paired with the gooseberry, passionfruit and fresh citrus flavours in our Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

View Recipe

Dynamic

Marlborough

We produce a wide range of Sauvignon Blanc wines, all from the Marlborough region. With incredible vineyards located throughout Marlborough, each site gives us a wine of its own style. Awatere Sauvignon Blanc is on the pungent, green side of the spectrum, producing crisp, focused and mineral wines with herbaceous, citrus flavours, and a lip smacking salinity.

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]]> Southern Clays Sauvignon Blanc https://villamariawines.com/products/single-vineyard-southern-clays-sauvignon-blanc/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:12:51 +0000 https://villamariawines.com/?post_type=products&p=5882

Tropical and herbaceous

Tasting notes

  • Fresh Herbs
  • Peach
  • Mango

This sunny, warm and sheltered site produces intense fruit with powerful aromas of fresh herbs like rosemary and thyme, intermingled with fresh spring blossoms. The palate has an earthy texture from the dense clay soils, with rich flavours of ripe peach and mango, finishing with zesty acidity.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Sauvignon Blanc

  • Snapper
  • Shellfish
  • Fresh Salad

This Sauvignon Blanc is perfectly paired with fresh seafood, such as sautéed scallops or seared snapper, accompanied by a fresh side salad of fresh rocket, goat cheese and melon.

 

Best served at: 8 °C / 46 °F

Mussles Mussles

Recipe pairing

Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels

Awaken your senses with our Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels recipe perfectly paired with the gooseberry, passionfruit and fresh citrus flavours in our Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

View Recipe

Dynamic

Marlborough

We produce a wide range of Sauvignon Blanc wines, all from the Marlborough region. With incredible vineyards located throughout Marlborough, each site gives us a wine of its own style. Awatere Sauvignon Blanc is on the pungent, green side of the spectrum, producing crisp, focused and mineral wines with herbaceous, citrus flavours, and a lip smacking salinity.

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Tropical and herbaceous

Tasting notes

  • Kaffir Lime
  • Capsicum
  • Herbs

Flavours of kaffir lime, capsicum and freshly picked culinary herbs represent the cooler windy coastal Awatere sub region in Marlborough where these young Sauvignon Blanc vines struggle to grow in the sandy river gravel soil.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Sauvignon Blanc

  • Snapper
  • Shellfish
  • Fresh Salad

This Sauvignon Blanc is perfectly paired with fresh seafood, such as sautéed scallops or seared snapper, accompanied by a fresh side salad of fresh rocket, goat cheese and melon.

 

Best served at: 8 °C / 46 °F

Splendidly fruited and enticing on the nose with feijoa, fresh fig, lime zest and sweet basil aromas.

95 POINTS

SAM KIM | WINE ORBIT

Mineral and rock driven, with lean characters of kiwi fruit, river stones, petrichor, a hint of passionfruit.

93 points

Erin Larkin

Sleek, fresh and lively, with medium body and a tangy, saline finish.

92 points

James Suckling

Very attractive bouquet of white peach and fragrant green herbs, white flowers and fresh lemon.

93 POINTS

Cam Douglas

Mussles Mussles

Recipe pairing

Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels

Awaken your senses with our Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels recipe perfectly paired with the gooseberry, passionfruit and fresh citrus flavours in our Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

View Recipe

Dynamic

Marlborough

We produce a wide range of Sauvignon Blanc wines, all from the Marlborough region. With incredible vineyards located throughout Marlborough, each site gives us a wine of its own style. Awatere Sauvignon Blanc is on the pungent, green side of the spectrum, producing crisp, focused and mineral wines with herbaceous, citrus flavours, and a lip smacking salinity.

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]]> Blush Sauvignon Blanc https://villamariawines.com/products/blush-sauvignon-blanc/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 02:59:39 +0000 https://villamariawines.com/?post_type=products&p=5595

Zesty and floral

Tasting notes

  • Passionfruit
  • Fresh Herbs
  • Red Berry

Vibrant aromas of passionfruit and fresh herbs, with a splash of Merlot adding floral blossom and delicate red berry notes.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Blush Sauvignon

Perfect as an aperitif, this wine is best served chilled and can also be enjoyed with fresh alfresco fare.

 

Best served at: 8° C / 46° F

Recipe pairing

Burrata and Mortadella Pizza

Aromatic, salty and decadent, this delicious Burrata and Mortadella Pizza will be a hit at your next get together, or the perfect pairing for a soulful night in. Match it with our vibrant and fruity Private Bin Rosé and you have a recipe you’ll return to time and time again.

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Tropical and herbaceous

Tasting notes

  • Blackcurrent
  • Passionfruit
  • Cirtus

This wine displays powerful aromas of blackcurrant and passionfruit. The palate has an enticing array of ripe citrus fruits mixed with pungent herbs such as fresh rosemary, finishing with subtle acidity.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Sauvignon Blanc

  • Seafood
  • Shellfish
  • Salad

This Sauvignon Blanc is perfectly paired with fresh seafood, such as sautéed scallops or seared snapper, accompanied by a fresh side salad of fresh rocket, goat cheese and melon.

 

Best served at: 8 °C / 46 °F

This is a flavorful wine that shows an array of lemon grass, green mango, lime curd and nori on the nose.

92 POINTS

JAMES SUCKLING

Taut, bone-dry sauvignon with punchy acidity and struck flint/mineral, gooseberry, lemongrass and green capsicum.

93 points

Bob Campbell

Lively and youthful, it has a good intensity of passionfruit and green capsicum flavours, crisp, dry and lingering.

Michael Cooper

Aromas of fresh apple and wet river pebbles, a fine layer of fresh herbs then white fleshed tropical fruits.

92 POINTS

Cam Douglas

Mussles Mussles

Recipe pairing

Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels

Awaken your senses with our Lemongrass & Chili Steamed Mussels recipe perfectly paired with the gooseberry, passionfruit and fresh citrus flavours in our Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

View Recipe

Dynamic

Marlborough

We produce a wide range of Sauvignon Blanc wines, all from the Marlborough region. With incredible vineyards located throughout Marlborough, each site gives us a wine of its own style. The style of Sauvignon Blanc from the Wairau Valley is ripe and tropical; a pungent style of passionfruit and guava notes that leap out of the glass.

Discover More
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