ME by Matahiwi Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2022

2020
Awarded 93 points by Wine Orbit
Awarded Silver by CWSA
Awarded 90pts Bob Campbell

2019
Awarded Gold by the New World Wine Awards
Awarded 93 points by Wine Orbit
Awarded 92 points by Cameron Douglas MS

2018
Awarded Gold by ICCWS
Awarded 90pts by Decanter World Wine Awards
Awarded 91 by Cameron Douglas MS
Awarded 4.5 stars by Wine Orbit

2015
Awarded Double Gold and the NZ Wine of the Show Trophy for CWSA Best Value

This crisply styled, refreshing wine has a wonderful combination of lime, passionfruit and gooseberry aromas with a hint of minerality – typical stylish Sauvignon Blanc! We love to drink it with seafood and pasta dishes and delicious summer salads. While this wine is ready to drink now, it can also be cellared for up to two years.

Vineyard

The fruit for this wine was grown in two Wairarapa vineyards with different soils, one on stony loam, the other a hillside clay. This variety helps to increase the complexity of the wine. The vines are relatively young and are cropped at low levels to give intensely flavoured grapes.

Winemaking

The focus in the winery is to capture the pure fruit flavours that come from the vineyard whilst adding complexity through our winemaking efforts to provide a multi-dimensional wine. This is achieved by tank fermenting the juice using yeasts that are able to ferment to low temperatures – preserving the essential fruit flavours.