Lake Chalice The Nest Sauvignon Blanc 2025
£11.95
The wine
A deliciously crisp and vibrant Sauvignon Blanc with lifted aromas of tropical fruits, fresh mango, spicy citrus notes of grapefruit and grassy herb flavours, through to a refreshing, zesty finish.
Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc owes its character to thiols, sulphur-containing aromatic compounds responsible for the passion fruit and grapefruit notes, which the region's cool nights and intense daylight produce in unusual concentration. Fermented cool in stainless steel to keep them intact, with no oak involved.
The producer
Lake Chalice
View all Lake Chalice winesLake Chalice was established in 1989, early in Marlborough's history, with the aim of making internationally recognised wine from the heart of the region. The estate's three vineyards lie in the Wairau and upper Awatere valleys, the two river systems that define Marlborough and that ripen quite differently from one another.
New Zealand's native falcon, the kārearea, appears on every bottle. It is a threatened bird, faster than a peregrine over short distances, and it favours the remote foothills where these vineyards sit. Some Marlborough growers have encouraged falcons back into the vines deliberately, since they keep smaller birds off ripening fruit far more effectively than netting.
The range is tiered by the falcon's life stages, which makes it unusually easy to navigate: The Nest for the everyday wines, then The Falcon, then The Raptor for the single-vineyard bottlings, and Plume at the top. Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc runs through all of it, alongside Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and a little Riesling.
