Church Road Grand Reserve Sauvignon Blanc

“This Sauvignon Blanc is quite unlike most others made in New Zealand, and has more in common with the complex, white wines of Bordeaux. Hand harvested and whole bunch pressed, and barrel fermented in French oak using only wild yeast, this is an aromatic, yet complex, textural and age-worthy wine” – Chris Scott, Church Road chief winemaker

Formerly known as Church Road’s Reserve range they’ve given the wines a slick, stealth like black label and slapped the word “Grand” in the name.

So that’s the marketing job done, what about the wine? Are they actually Grand? Are they what! These are sheer world class wines, up there with the best you’ll find in Hawke’s Bay. That’s why you’ll only find Church Road wines under this label released in great vintages from low-cropping vineyard blocks (to ensure more concentrated, ripe flavours), hand-harvested and produced using small batch, traditional techniques.

If you’re looking to pair this world class, oak aged Sauvy with a feed well follow the advice of the judges at Decanter who said “An intuitive use of oak complements the ripeness of fruits, brooding well with complexity depth and crying out for fish and chips.”