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Editor's note · Marlborough
Te Koko: Cloudy Bay's Answer to Its Own Famous Wine
Wild-yeast, barrel-fermented Sauvignon Blanc built to age, not to shock
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Marlborough whites cut clean and urgent, all herbaceous bite and tropical stone fruit, while its reds lean bright and spicy rather than dark.
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Marlborough whites cut clean and urgent, all herbaceous bite and tropical stone fruit, while its reds lean bright and spicy rather than dark. The region's continental cool and alluvial soils push crisp acidity into everything—the house style that defines South Island.
Producers in Marlborough
- Twin Islands — distinction
- Lake Chalice — distinction
- No.1 Family Estate — honest
- Tohu — distinction
- Hunky Dory — distinction
- Giesen — distinction
- The Rocks — honest
- Saint Clair Family Estate — distinction
- Cloudy Bay — distinction
- De Redcliffe — distinction
- Forrest Wines — distinction
- Allan Scott — distinction
- Lawson's Dry Hills — distinction
- Dog Point — distinction
- Kerner Estate — honest
- Astrolabe — distinction
- Blicks Lane — distinction
- Clifford Bay — distinction
- Whitehaven — distinction
- Jules Taylor — distinction
- Fire Road — distinction
- Oyster Bay — distinction
- Blind River — distinction
- Crux — honest
- Nautilus — distinction
- Starborough — distinction
- Ponga — distinction
- Fairhall Downs — distinction
- Grove Mill — distinction
- Auntsfield — distinction
- 3 Stones — distinction
- The Crossings — distinction
- Kono — distinction
- Eradus — distinction
- Fromm Winery — distinction
- Mount Nelson — distinction
- The Darling — distinction
- Isabel — distinction
- Distant Land — distinction
- Queens Bay — honest
- Hans Herzog - Hans Family Estate — distinction
- Shelly Bay — distinction
- Jackson Estate — distinction
- Hunter's — distinction
- Shepherd's Ridge — undiscovered
- Tinpot Hut — distinction
- The Ned — distinction
- Spy Valley — distinction
- Delta — distinction
- Walnut Block — distinction
- Cairnbrae — distinction
- Mud House — distinction
- Chimney Creek — distinction
- Shingle Peak — distinction
- Zeal — distinction
- Catalina Sounds — distinction
- Island Bay — honest
- Steve Bird — distinction
- Barker's Marque Wines — distinction
- Marisco Vineyards — distinction
- Firstland — distinction
- Boatshed Bay — distinction
- My Nz — undiscovered
- Stanley Estates — distinction
- Kaituna Valley — distinction
- TerraVin — distinction
- Sea Pearl — distinction
- Tindall Vineyard — honest
- Bladen — distinction
- Jawbone — distinction
- Runnymede Island — distinction
- Tiki Sound — distinction
- OTU Wines — distinction
- Pounamu — distinction
- Taylor River Vineyard — undiscovered
- Zephyr — distinction
- Small and Small — honest
- THE - Terrace Heights Estate — distinction
- Overstone — distinction
- Squealing Pig — distinction
- Kaikoura — undiscovered
- Fairbourne — distinction
- Two Rivers — distinction
- Breaker Bay — honest
- Te Pā — distinction
- Dashwood — distinction
- Sunday Mountain — distinction
- Clarence River — undiscovered
- Summerhouse — distinction
- Kia Ora — distinction
- Redcliffe — distinction
- Jibe — honest
- Rongopai — distinction
- Marlborough Sun — distinction
- Makara — distinction
- Turning Heads — honest
- Te Waka — undiscovered
- Marlborough Grape Growers Cooperative — undiscovered
- Ella's Ridge — distinction
- Novum — distinction
- Eaton — distinction
- Stanrock — undiscovered
- Hapuku — undiscovered
- Doctors Point — undiscovered
- Sounds — undiscovered
- Distant Cousins — honest
- Zenith — distinction
- Soderberg — undiscovered
- A Thousand Gods — distinction
- Wakefield Bay — honest
- Southern Wind — distinction
- Cloud No. 9 — distinction
- Hillersden Estate — distinction
- Art Of Wine — honest
- Blank Canvas — critic
- Leefield Station — distinction
- Domaine Australis — distinction
- Stony Bank — honest
- Taonga — distinction
- Starborough Family Estate — honest
- Ben Glover — distinction
- Te Papa — distinction
- Green Valley — distinction
- Deep Down — distinction
- New Harbor — honest
- Wild South — distinction
- Stoneleigh — distinction
- Herringbone Hills — honest
- Tupari — distinction
- Long Boat — distinction
- Triplebank — honest
- Toi Toi — distinction
- Brancott Estate — distinction
- Monkey Bay — distinction
- Te Whare Ra — distinction
- Omaka Springs Estates — distinction
- Wither Hills — distinction
- Stoneburn — distinction
- Milford Point — honest
- Greywacke — distinction
- Montana — honest
- The Seeker — distinction
- Ribbonwood — distinction
- Clos Henri Vineyard — distinction
- Ra Nui — distinction
- Wairau River — distinction
- Little Beauty — distinction
- Fairleigh Estate — undiscovered
- Wool — distinction
- Mount Riley — distinction
- Seresin — distinction
- Framingham — critic
- The Better Half — distinction
- Vavasour — distinction
- Okiwi Bay — honest
- Rose Creek — undiscovered
- Drylands — distinction
- South Island — honest
- Manu — distinction
- Awatere River — distinction
- Lobster Reef — distinction
- Ballochdale — undiscovered
- Crowded House — distinction
- Johanneshof Cellars — distinction
- Waka — honest
- Riverby Estate — distinction
- Churton — distinction
- Savée Sea — honest
- Mussel Bay — distinction
- Koura Bay — honest
- Otto's Constant Dream — distinction
- Clos Marguerite — distinction
- Spoonbill Wines — undiscovered
- Rapaura Springs — distinction
- Vinterra — distinction
- Lowlands Wines — honest
- Insight — distinction
- Pear Tree — honest
- Spring Creek Estate — undiscovered
- Maven — honest
- Black Cottage — distinction
- O'Dwyers Creek — honest
- Springbank Estate — undiscovered
- Caythorpe Family Estate — distinction