Te Mata Estate New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc 2025 750ml

Te Mata Estate · Hawke's Bay · 2025

Te Mata Estate has been making wine in Hawke's Bay since 1896. The 2025 Estate Sauvignon Blanc comes from estate vineyards in the Bridge Pā Triangle, Dartmoor and Havelock Hills, where the warm climate and free-draining soils help shape ripe fruit balanced by fresh acidity.

The winery’s tasting note describes a brilliant pale gold wine with lifted aromas of lime, blackcurrant, gooseberry, fennel, guava and passionfruit. The palate carries that citrus and tropical character through a creamy mid-palate, mouth-watering freshness and a long, balanced finish. Serve chilled with oysters, grilled fish or fresh goat cheese.

Winemaking

Te Mata reports that the grapes were chilled and gently pressed, with the juice cold-settled before fermentation in stainless steel tanks to preserve the variety’s aromatics and flavors.

Expert Reviews · 2025 Vintage

The 2025 Estate Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc leads with notes of cassis, white currant and passion fruit, alongside hints of white pineapple and yellow guava. A highly detailed approach to viticulture at Te Mata enables smaller, more selective harvest picks, contributing to the precision and detail evident in the finished wine. The palate here is soft and textural yet also restrained and persistent, with impressive length and a distinctly mouthwatering acidity. Fermentation was managed with approximately 200 NTU (nephelometric turbidity units) retained in tank, while different yeast strains were employed across individual vineyard blocks to enhance complexity and site expression. This is very good.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate · 94 points

Aromas of melon, pears and lotus flowers follow through to a medium body with crunchy fruit and a crisp and delicious finish. Lots of Meyer lemon character at the end. Bone dry. Bring on the oysters.

James Suckling · 93 points

A distinctive, lucid SB that evokes a summer garden: green beans still on their vines, sun-ripened bell pepper, and basil bushes; a tomato plant or two; the fruit holds its own—a spiced tropical-citrus-stone fruit combo that feels ripe yet fresh. Unlike many Marlborough SBs, which contain a small amount of sugar, this is fermented totally dry, with a rush of lemony acidity and some subtle textural weight beneath. It’s both classic and characterful, a carefully made bottle from one of NZ’s most historic producers.

Wine Enthusiast · 93 points

Wine Details

• Producer: Te Mata Estate
• Appellation: Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
• Vintage: 2025
• Grape: Sauvignon Blanc
• Style: Dry
• Alcohol: 12.5%
• Closure: Screwcap
• Size: 750ml