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Buy OnlineIncluded in the Appellation Marlborough Wine 2025 Annual Collection
Winery notes (2025 Vintage)
"This single vineyard rendition of Sauvignon Blanc is from the regeneratively farmed Holdaway Vineyard at Dillons Point – our favourite sub-region for the variety. It is a classic expression of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, being 100% tank fermented, but it offers complexity of texture and an precise, mineral drive that summons river stones and sea spray. Blackcurrant, pink guava and passionfruit are captured alongside the subtlest hint of oyster-shell. This wine is focused and explosive on both nose and palate yet remains elegantly balanced and distinctly salty."
95/100 Ken Gargett, WinePilot.com (2025 Vintage)
"If for some reason the wines of Blank Canvas have eluded you to date, it really is time you got on board. These guys are making some of the most exciting wines for the region and they are very much behind the push to ensure that Marlborough can be seen as a region making great Sauvignon Blanc, rather than the bog average tankerloads headed to supermarkets and which is then foisted on most of the world. In fairness, those tankerloads are not disappearing any time soon, but it doesn’t mean that there can’t also be some superb examples of the variety made here. From the Holdaway Vineyard at Dillon’s Point in the Lower Wairau, fermentation is in stainless steel with maturation following, on lees. A cracking Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. The colour is lemon/green. This is beautifully constructed, refined and focused, with direction, great length and immaculate balance. The nose offers tropical hints with gooseberries, hints of passionfruit and citrus. A vibrant style which dances across the palate. There is great length here. A wine which can be enjoyed over the next half dozen years. If you like Sauvignon Blanc, this is for you."
Rated Excellent & 94/100 Cameron Douglas MS, February 2026 (2025 Vintage)
"There’s no mistaking the impact of variety here with a nose of nettles and dried sage, crumbled dry clay then a rush of citrus fruit scents from lemon skin to grapefruit flesh. There’s a definitive saline quality to the lift and suggestion of tropical fruits. A dry wine with a very nice palate squeeze, layers of fruit flavours from citrus to white pineapple and peach then back to dried herb and clay. Crisp and dry with loads of acidity, excellent balance and length with best drinking from day of purchase through 2029."
17/20 Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com, November 2025 (2025 Vintage)
"All the classic Marlborough aromas of capsicum, blackcurrant leaf and a touch of passion fruit but without being overly pungent. In the mouth, this is surprisingly rich, gently chewy and creamy at the same time. The texture has added to the depth first provided by the fruit. Firm, mouth-filling and fresh. No unwanted sweeteness so it finishes long, salty and dry. A complex style that still highlights Sauvignon’s fruit profile. I think it must be quite difficult to make distinctive Sauvignon Blanc but this is distinct in its depth and complexity while retaining vibrant fruit without going down the reduction/struck-match route. Not one of the cheapest Marlborough Sauvignons but GV. Really long finish – with that lovely leesy grip."
5 Stars Michael Cooper (2025 Vintage)
"This single-vineyard wine is grown at Dillons Point, in the lower Wairau Valley. Harvested from vines averaging 25 years old, the vigorous 2025 vintage was tank-fermented, aged briefly on its light yeast lees and bottled by August. Pale lemon/green, it is mouth-filling and dry (2 grams/litre of residual sugar), with pure, well-ripened, passionfruit/lime flavours, showing excellent intensity, and a crisp, finely textured, sustained finish. Best drinking mid-2026+."
