Duck 'n' Pheasant Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2022

Champion the small grower with this terrifically fresh and grassy white. It’s from Marlborough, which enjoys a worldwide reputation for herbaceous Sauvignon Blanc. Duck ’n’ Pheasant is from a cellar that works with individual growers who lack the facilities to produce their own wine, but don’t want to see their precious harvest become an anonymous component of a big brand. The grapes were all sourced from vineyards which, thanks to free-draining, gravelly soils (and the odd duck or pheasant), give excellent flavour intensity. This 2022 is passion fruit-fresh, with lovely concentration, all captured in bottle and sealed in under screwcap for guaranteed freshness. A crisp glass on its own, and a tasty partner to salmon, chicken or Thai curry.