Expect a complex and layered Sauvignon, with notes of ripe lemon, lime, passionfruit, peach and freshly cut grass. Serve this chilled with salmon. Please note, the 2022 vintage of this iconic wine has a brand-new look. Designed to reflect the mountains that are visible from the winery, this elegant embossed bottle is a tribute to the heritage and future of Cloudy Bay. We cannot guarantee that you will receive this new label ?we can, however, guarantee the same outstanding quality across all vintages.
Very dry, racy, and firm and yet opens up with lively jasmine, spicy ginger, white tea floral notes over a structured palate and intense, mineral finish. Feels like a drive through the luscious Golden Bay.
A breezy, maritime nose of seagrass and salinity with pink citrus notes greets a palate of concentrated margarita zest, green and red apple notes with a rich mouthfeel, fine lees texture and an intense finish of breadth, freshness and further telltale salinity. Feels like a breezy walk on a sunny beach.
The Riesling Icewine is defined by crisp, lively citrus and white peach notes balancing its impressive sweetness. Fermented in French oak barrels, the Gold Vidal is richer in style with cloves, cinnamon and toast complementing stone fruits and marmalade. Bruce has also developed a unique technique to create sparkling Icewine which is exotic and honeyed, with a lively effervescence that gives freshness to the palate. The Cabernet Franc icewine, decadent and festive with sophisticated ripe, candied red fruit, has a lovely tannin structure on the finish.
Appealing varietal aromas of nettle and green pepper balanced by notes of tropical fruit. The palate is vibrant with juicy grapefruit acidity, herbaceous characters and good length.
Aromas of bramble fruit, vanilla, nutmeg and sweet spice. The palate is rich and complex with blueberry and blackberry fruit, ripe tannins and good length.
Bright citrus aromas and a fresh, lively palate with ripe, limey flavours, textural stone fruit and an appealing softness but still the balancing minerality characteristic of this variety.
A ripe and generous style of Sancerre with a real depth of fruit; the crunchy, herbaceous aromatic notes often found in Sauvignon Blanc have been skilfully restrained, allowing fruity layers of green apples and lemons as well as a sweeter note of dried apple rings and a hint of peach to show through.
A classic botrytis nose, gently floral and honeyed with hints of citrus marmalade. The palate is rich and smooth with flavours of barley sugar and bittersweet mandarin.
A ripe and generous style of Sancerre with a real depth of fruit; the crunchy, herbaceous aromatic notes often found in Sauvignon Blanc have been skilfully restrained, allowing fruity layers of green apples and lemons as well as a sweeter note of dried apple rings and a hint of peach to show through.
Watermelon pink, with summer pudding aromas on the nose. The medium-dry palate has red apple, some perfumed white peach with a balancing, refreshing acidity on the finish. Don't knock it, try it!
Enticingly peach-perfumed on the nose, this delicious wine delivers intense, layered flavours of orchard fruits, a touch of pineapple, white flowers and a lick of salinity, followed by a long finish.
Juicy, super ripe and softly perfumed on the nose, this is full of the flavours of summer fruit compote. Ripe tannins and vibrant acidity present an easy drinking wine with a soft, approachable finish.
Rich red fruit aromas - cherry, ripe raspberry and a dusting of warm spice - with a full-bodied palate packed with lovely pure fruit flavours, enhanced by the well-judged oak and smooth tannins on the finish.
Beautiful pale salmon colour with an appealing herbal nose and some delicate, subtle sweet peach and red fruits. This is followed by flavours of warm southern herbs, white pepper spice and soft raspberries. Complex, interesting and a wine to sip slowly by itself or over a long lunch.