Craggy Range Te Muna Sauvignon Blanc 2018

A harmonious and balanced style with a high level of fruit concentration on the silken mid-palate. A more restrained style than you might anticipate from New Zealand, but this is the windy Wairarapa providing its own interpretation, usually with worryingly low yields to boot. The warmest Kiwi summer on record has dished up ripe apples, grass and pineapple. There’s a fine line of acidity with long length. Drinking window: 2018-2025. Score – 94. (Rebecca Gibb, MW, Decanter, Oct. 2018)