Gold Medal – New Zealand International Wine Show 2025
This Hawkes Bay producer excels with Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough. Every year their Straits Grand Reserve is well received and highly awarded.
Winery notes (2025 Vintage)
"Fruit from Marlborough’s Wairau and Awatere Valleys. Gravel brings the tropicals, clay sharpens the citrus, silts add weight. One clear outcome: clean, expressive Sauvignon Blanc. Intensely aromatic with vibrant flavours of passionfruit, ripe tropical fruit and gooseberry. The palate is well balanced, with fine acidity delivering a lingering finish."
5 Stars & 95/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, August 2025 (2025 Vintage)
"It's fabulously aromatic on the nose, showing passionfruit, kiwifruit, feijoa, and kaffir lime aromas, followed by a concentrated palate offering outstanding focus and drive. Wonderfully framed by saline texture and zesty acidity, making it mouth-watering and hugely appealing. At its best: now to 2028."
5 Stars, Top 5 & Best Buy, Cuisine Sauvignon Blanc Tasting, December 2025 (2025 Vintage)
"Passionfruit, lychee, and lime sit on the nose alongside subtle herbal and melon aromas. The palate is bright and clean, with rich tropical and citrus fruit flavours that travel the length of the wine. Generously weighted, with a long, zesty finish."
92/100 Cameron Douglas MS, January 2026 (2025 Vintage)
"Classic intensity of citrus and topical fruits with a background energy of mineral and freshness, brightness and ripeness. Crisp, just dry, a core of white fleshed fruits then citrus, some tropical moments and light fresh herb qualities. Balanced and well made with a salivating core and light saline quality on the finish. Balanced and well made with best drinking from 2025 through 2027."






















