New Zealand’s reputation has been built on aromatic white wines. Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is rightly a modern classic, where the combination of sunshine to deliver ripeness and aromatic intensity of gooseberry, grassiness and tropical fruit, alongside cooling influences to bring crisp, refreshing acidity, has become a world-beater.
With around 23,500 ha (58,000 acres) of New Zealand’s 38,000 ha under vine planted to Sauvignon Blanc, it is clear that...
