2024 Saint Clair Pioneer Block 1 Foundation Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough

Intensely varietal, fruit forward Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc with flinty passionfruit aromas and generous, rounded flavours of blackcurrant and grapefruit.

Made in a style best suited for drinking young, this would pair well with assertive flavours from Thai or Vietnamese kitchens or with simple garlic prawns.

More about this wine

The Pioneer Block wines from Saint Clair are premium parcel selections from a single vineyard that are selected for showing specific, interesting qualities that set them apart from other parts of the site.

The Foundation Block 1 is from a vineyard farmed by the Sowman family in the fertile low lying flat alluvial soils of Wairau Valley.

About this producer

Saint Clair Family Estate was established in 1994 by Neal and Judy Ibbotson, with their children Sarina, Tony and Julie today involved in all aspects of the operations. The family farms a substantial 160 of vineyards, and sources fruit through an extensive network of contract growers. Marlborough and its subregions have been the focus from the beginning, while smaller amount of premium red wines is made from fruit grown in the Gimblett Gravels area of Hawke’s Bay. Stewart Maclenann and Kyle Thompson are the current leaders of the winery team that each vintage creates an impressively broad line-up of wines.