Owned and operated by chief winemaker Tim Turvey he established the vineyard in 1988 after being told it was ‘too cold’ to grow there. His wines are amongst the most highly decorated in New Zealand history. Over the last 15 years Clearview wines have won over 8 trophies, 33 Gold & 80 Silver medals
Production remains small for his worldwide audience and allocations into the UK will always be limited.

Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2006
All the grapes were whole bunch pressed and the juice was then fermented in seasoned barriques at controlled temperatures with a 12% wild fermentation. A small portion was inoculated for malolactic fermentation and the wine was then aged for 11 months with weekly stirring of the lees.
We added 9% Semillon to this wine to produce a fuller bodied wine with extra complexity. This variety helps the ageing of this wine, fattening out the palate.
This wine exhibits ripe tropical flavours of passionfruit and pineapple with the spine of crisp apples. Over time the sauvignon characters disappear and the wine becomes very oily and viscous.
This is a much more rounded style and also very food friendly. Match with scallops or crayfish
13.5% Alc Vol.