Villa Maria Wairau Valley Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Offering gorgeous fruit richness and intensity, the immediately appealing bouquet shows passionfruit, mango, crunchy apple and lemon/lime zest aromas. The concentrated palate displays succulent fruit flavours with beautifully pitched acidity, making it wonderfully flavoursome and highly enjoyable. At its best: now to 2030. Score – 95. (Sam Kim, wineorbit.co.nz, March 2024)