Ibbotson Family Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2025
£13.25
The wine
Lifted aromas of passion fruit, melon and blackcurrant combine with subtle mineral notes. The rich and full palate is exquisitely balanced, with vibrant notes of passion fruit, grapefruit and guava leading to a long, mineral finish.
Neal and Judy Ibbotson planted their first Marlborough vines in 1978, when the region had barely a handful of growers. Their early blocks are now among the oldest Sauvignon Blanc in New Zealand, and older vines root deeper, crop less and give smaller berries with greater concentration.
The producer
Ibbotson Family Vineyard
View all Ibbotson Family Vineyard winesIbbotson Family Vineyard carries the name of Neal and Judy Ibbotson, who planted their first vines in Marlborough in 1978 when the region had barely a handful of growers and no reputation at all.
For sixteen years they sold their fruit to others before founding Saint Clair Family Estate in 1994, and their early plantings are now among the oldest Sauvignon Blanc in New Zealand. Age matters with vines: older plantings root deeper, crop less and produce smaller berries with greater concentration, which is why original blocks are so highly prized in a region only fifty years into its history.
These wines come from those family holdings in the Wairau valley, made in the classic Marlborough register of tropical fruit and herbal cut for the Sauvignon, and a lighter, savoury style for the Pinot Noir.
