Blank Canvas Abstract Three Rows Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023
£27.45
The wine
An alternative, fine-wine expression of Marlborough Sauvignon, all texture and layered aromatics. Fermented with wild yeast in 500-litre French oak puncheons with no lees stirring, then bottled unfiltered for depth and complexity.
Generous and savoury, it trades overt fruit for nettle, citrus pith, flint and a creamy, textural palate with a long, saline finish. A Sauvignon for the table and the cellar. Try it with roast poultry, seafood, pork and soft cheeses.
The producer
Blank Canvas
View all Blank Canvas winesBlank Canvas is the work of Master of Wine Sophie Parker-Thomson and the acclaimed winemaker Matt Thomson, a husband-and-wife partnership founded in 2012. Their philosophy is art meets science: seek out exceptional single vineyards across New Zealand, then match variety and style precisely to place.
The focus is Marlborough, where Sophie chairs Appellation Marlborough Wine, yet the range roams from racy Blind River Riesling and textural barrel-fermented Sauvignon to perfumed single-vineyard Pinot Noir and a cool-climate Gimblett Gravels Syrah. In 2025 the couple secured their long-awaited home, an amphitheatre vineyard high in the Omaka Valley.
These are small-batch, hand-crafted wines of real precision and personality, from two of the most respected names in New Zealand fine wine.






