Double Gold Medal – New Zealand International Wine Show 2025
Gold Medal – The National Wine Awards of Aotearoa New Zealand 2025
Gold Medal – New World Wine Awards 2025
Previous vintages of Vavasour Sauvignon Blanc have an impressive lineage including the coveted Trophy for best Sauvignon Blanc in the world at the Decanter World Wine Awards. Not to be outdone the 2025 has already picked up more golds on the show circuit!
Pioneers of the Awatere sub-region of Marlborough the fruit for this is all from the lower Awatere. Nothing but impressive from the Awatere Valley's oldest winery. “That unique oyster shell minerality, a creamy mouthfeel and an elegant acidity, is a style that has come to characterise Vavasour.” – Stu Marfell, Chief Winemaker
Winery notes (2025 Vintage)
"Vibrant and unmistakably Marlborough, this wine opens with green tropical fruit, citrus oil, and hints of fresh herbs, snow peas, and saline minerality. The palate is generous and concentrated, with citrus zest, tropical fruit, and subtle herbal layers. Crisp acidity brings focus to a long, elegant finish."
5 Stars & 94/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, July 2025 (2025 Vintage)
"Intensely aromatic and enticing, the bouquet shows passionfruit, feijoa, kaffir lime, and white floral aromas, leading to a wonderfully flavoursome palate that's filled with juicy fruit flavours. Gorgeously expressed and deliciously drinkable. At its best: now to 2029."
92/100 Cameron Douglas MS, October 2025 (2025 Vintage)
"Vibrant, fresh, very lively, fruity and varietal. Aromas and flavours of fresh red apples and grapefruit, there’s n mistaking the flavours of passionfruit, sage and sett bell-pepper. An herbaceous quality adds the charm and style. Bold acid line, fresh and ready to drink from 2025 through 2027+.
91/100 Amy Wislocki, Decanter UK, April 2026 (2025 Vintage)
"Awatere Valley is the source of some of Marlborough's most elegant and classy Sauvignon Blancs, and this is a fine example, displaying juicy passionfruit and gooseberry, with a lively herbaceousness and some crunchy green pepper. Lovely purity and a juicy depth of flavour. Worth splashing out on."

























