- 90 points -
October 2023 (Vintage 2022)Intense, with passion fruit, pineapple, lime and Meyer lemon flavors that are bold and mouthwatering, while fresh ginger and makrut lime emerge on the finish.
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2020
Spy Valley Wines is one of Marlborough’s few remaining 100% Kiwi family-owned wine companies, owned and operated by the Johnson family since 1990. The winery is located up the road from a Five Eyes Spy base and is known as one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed producers. Established in 1993 on land considered too hard and too unfertile for wine, Spy Valley comprises of 180 hectares of estate vineyards. Pioneering what was then a Marlborough sub-region, the Johnsons continued to develop the...
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Waihopai Valley - alluvial stony silt loams, very well drained. Mid Wairau Valley – varying depth of alluvial silt loam over gravel, well drained. Lower Wairau Valley – deep alluvial silt deposits over gravel.
Harvested at peak flavour maturity from our estate and grower vineyards across Marlborough. Gentle juice extraction, cold settled and fermented in stainless steel tanks with a range of aromatic yeasts.
Aromas of citrus fruit and herbal notes. Juicy and crisp, this wine is layered with stone fruit giving generous length of flavour.
Intense, with passion fruit, pineapple, lime and Meyer lemon flavors that are bold and mouthwatering, while fresh ginger and makrut lime emerge on the finish.
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