As the weather warms and flowers bloom, a Sauvignon Blanc is a great wine to enjoy with the sun. Look to New Zealand for just the right bottle that won’t break the budget. Each wine in this week’s Tasting Highlights is priced at $30 or less, and most of them come from the wonderful 2024 vintage, which was marked in Marlborough by warm summer days and cool nights, producing wines with ripe fruit flavors and vibrant acidity.
This latest Tasting Highlights lineup includes Rapaura Springs Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough Rohe Blind River 2024, one of the top scorers, which is intense and complex, with a mouthwatering finish. Read on to get our full score and expert tasting note for this amazing New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and seven others, including another outstanding bottling from the Invivo partnership with actor Sarah Jessica Parker, plus picks from Jules Taylor Wines, The Infamous Goose, Pyramid Valley, Smith & Sheth, Wairau River and Yealands.
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