Eradus Awatere Valley Sauvignon Blanc has firmly re-established itself as a star Sauvignon at Vino Fino and this new release continues that tradition. It's a delicious, softly juicy Sauvignon and at this price, it is unbelievable value.
Winery notes (2025 Vintage)
"Our vines grow on a slender terrace at the edge of the Awatere River, with a unique microclimate and soil structure. Influenced by a fault line, a river, and the power of the nearby Pacific Ocean, our land is stony, dry, windy and cool, elements that create wines of elegance, minerality with a lively and lingering finish. We let the untameable terroir of the Awatere Valley express itself through our vines, grapes and ultimately wines.
Fresh and gorgeously aromatic, the bouquet presents notes of kiwifruit, green apple, capsicum, and lime peel. The palate is equally satisfying with excellent fruit intensity, well supported by fine texture and juicy acidity, finishing splendidly long and flavoursome. In Essential Awatere fashion the finish is lively, crisp and lingering. A delicious wine that brings together “new world” fruit and “old world” elegance and minerality."
5 Stars & 93/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, June 2025 (2025 Vintage)
"Fresh and gorgeously aromatic, the bouquet presents notes of kiwifruit, green apple, capsicum, and lime peel. The palate is equally satisfying with excellent fruit intensity, well supported by fine texture and juicy acidity, finishing splendidly long and flavoursome. At its best: now to 2028."
5 Stars Candice Wine Chat (2025 Vintage)
"This Sauvignon Blanc is packed with tropical fruit, interweaving nettle and sweet floral on a lightly creamy palate; ripe acidity drives a crisp finish. Vibrant aromas of passionfruit, melon, guava, grapefruit peels, nettle and elderflower."