2022 Greywacke Marlborough Wild Sauvignon

"Lots of character to this, with apples, pears, popcorn kernels and blanched nuts. It’s medium-bodied with delicious fruit and a flavorful finish. A serious savuignon blanc for chardonnay lover. Flinty and reductive at the end. Screw cap."

"The flagship wine from renowned winemaker Kevin Judd, who founded this winery with wife Kimberley in 2009 after 25 years at Cloudy Bay. Sourced from sites across the region, it is fermented using wild yeasts in old French oak barriques where it rests on lees for six months. Roger Jones: Stylish balance of fruit to herbaceous notes, multi-layered with a crunchy texture, mellow yellow summer field flowers. The elegance at the end is quite remarkable. Freddy Bulmer: Attractive and clean on the nose, plenty of primary fruit but also a nice amount of savoury character from the oak. Well balanced and really quite a serious wine. Cat Lomax: Expressive, punchy nose. Great concentration, tonnes of luscious Sauvignon fruit supported by very smart use of oak. Tastes like pricey white Bordeaux. Delicious."

"Light-medium yellow, bright colour; there is a twinge of VA on the first aroma, then some nutty barrel-ferment notes and overt varietal character is taking a back seat. A rich, spicy, complex wine with layers of flavour and superior depth and backbone. There's a vein of volatility running through due no doubt to a wild ferment, but the wine works well as a whole. Seriously deep and generous, high-energy and rewardingly complex. Should also reward some ageing."