ROHE DILLONS POINT SAUVIGNON BLANC

DILLONS POINT

Located near Marlborough's coast, is defined by deep young, mineral-rich alluvial silts, deposited on sand. Cooling afternoon ocean breezes extend the growing season, providing fruit concentration.

TASTING NOTES

This wine oozes ripeness, with intense passionfruit and blackcurrant flavours, that combine with a salty minerality unique to Dillon's Point. This wine is immediately expressive but will continue to drink well for the next three years.

VINTAGE REPORT & WINEMAKING

2025 was a vintage where patience was rewarded. Spring's warm weather created ideal growing conditions and abundant crop loads, which we carefully reduced to enhance fruit quality. January's cool temperatures extended the fruit ripening period, enhancing pallet weight and aromatic intensity. Benefiting from ideal weather, we commenced harvest in mid-March, methodically working block by block as each reached optimal conditions. Dillon's Point Sauvignon Blanc was harvested exactly when we wanted with ripe fruit characters, then gently pressed. We used a variety of yeast strains for fermentation in stainless steel, chosen to enhance palate weight. Warmer ferment temperatures are used, which enhances mouth feel and the trademark thiol characteristics unique to this sub-region. After fermentation, the wine was kept on light lees for three months, prior to bottling.

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ROHE Dillons Point Sauvignon Blanc by Rapaura Springs

2025 TASTING NOTE

2024 TASTING NOTE

2023 TASTING NOTE

ACCOLADES & REVIEWS

98 points & Double Gold | New Zealand International Wine Show 2025

95 points & Gold | International Wine Challenege 2026
"Nose taut and aromatic, full of passionfruit and Meyer lemon. The palate is juicy and full of seductive lime juice flavours."

Top NZ Wine Selection | Cameron Douglas MS, 2026
93 Points & excellent 
"A delicious wine with the signature of Dillon Point Vineyard in play - aromas and flavours of prince melon and sandy soils, a saline quality surrounds flavours of white peach and mandarin, red apple and a soft natural fruit spice. Crisp and dry with a core of fruit then mineral and salty edges, balanced and ready to drink from 2025 through 2027."

Gold | Mundus Vini 2025

Gold | CWSA 2025

96 points & Gold | New Zealand International Wine Show 2024

Gold | Marlborough Wine Show 2024

Gold | Irish Quality Food Awards 2024