Cam Douglas, Master Sommelier, has reviewed the 2024 Yealands Estate Single Vineyard vintage.
Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Awatere Valley, Marlborough)
"Pungent and fruity, ripe and savoury, wild herbs and tropical fruits, grapefruit and white peach. Crisp and dry with myriad flavours of exotic and tropical fruits, familiar layers of citrus and apple the gooseberry and dry stone mineral qualities. A lovely mouthfeel and finish with best drinking from 2024 through 2027."
94 Points, Excellent
Yealands Estate Single Vineyard PGR 2024 (Awatere Valley, Marlborough)
"Aromatic and enticing bouquet with scents of lmeon and apple, pear and white spice, some chalky limestone soil qualities and fine lees complexity. Crisp and dry, new and fresh, fruit flavours reflect the bouquet, there’s a layer of fruit spice and white spice, citrus and apple then orchard fruits and a touch of fresh lychee. Great acid line and length, a pinch of phenolics on the back palate. Best drinking from 2024 through 2029."
92 Points, Premium
Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Albariño 2024 (Awatere Valley, Marlborough)
"Excellent aromatics with scents of peaches and citrus, a fine lees complexity and flowers. Fleshy, juicy and delicious on the palate with flavours of exotic fruits, yellow peach and grapefruit, the acid line carries a saline quality and the lees add mouthfeel and intensity. Delicious, lengthy and new, there’s a light pineapple hit just on the finish, VG. Best from 2024 through 2028+."
95 Points, Outstanding