This pure and bright Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has a vibrant fruit-driven nose bursting with citrus fruits and herbaceous characters. On the palate luscious flavours of lemon zest and guava combine with notes of currant leaf and fresh bell pepper. Finely balanced with zesty acidity, underlying minerality and just a hint of residual sweetness this crisp and fresh wine leads to a perfectly long, dry, and persistent finish.

Kono, home of Tohu Wines, is a vertically integrated, family-owned Māori food and beverage producer – an artisan producer, and exporter of award-winning wine, cider, seafood, fruit and natural fruit bars. Tohu Wines is the world’s first Māori owned wine company. Since 1998, Tohu has focused on producing estate grown, single vineyard wines from New Zealand’s premier grape growing regions, while upholding respect and protection of the land for future generations.

Grapes for this wine are grown on a range of both Kono owned sites and vineyards from dedicated growers located throughout the main viticultural areas of Marlborough. The Waihopai, Awatere, and Rapaura sub-regions are all represented in this blend, bringing a unique flavour profile to the finished wine.

Machine harvested grapes are transported to our winery located in Marlborough’s Awatere Valley. Once at the winery the grapes are pressed using modern membrane presses, with both the free-run and harder pressings combined in stainless steel tanks then chilled and settled until clear. The juice is then racked and warmed before being inoculated with selected yeast cultures. The ferments are controlled through temperature manipulation to retain aromatics in the wine and stopped with just a very small amount of balancing residual sweetness. Blending occurs in early May, after which the resulting fresh and lively wine is stabilised and filtered without the need for fining, ready for bottling in early June.

Pair with greenshell Mussels with garlic butter and toasted breadcrumbs.