Marlborough New Zealand wines include the worlds finest Sauvignon Blanc, but pretty fine Chardonnay and Riesling wines are also created in New Zealand’s largest wine growing region, which produces 79 percent of the total wine production in the country. In recent years Marlborough is also becoming known for producing very high quality Pinot Noir the wine lovers of the world have fallen in love with. During this time viticulture has also spread southeast into the smaller slightly cooler Awatere Valley and more recently into the Wairau, Fairhall, Hawkesbury and Waihopai valleys.

Plenty of sunshine, cool nights, low autumn rains and the free draining alluvial soils of the Marlborough region of New Zealand produces Marlborough New Zealand wines with tastes and aromas wine lovers from around the world enjoy. Marlborough is on the east coast of New Zealand, grapes grown here benefit from a long slow, ripening period, combined with average daily temperatures during summer near 24 degrees Celsius and cool nights to keep the acid level in grapes high. The shallow, fast draining, low fertility soils in parts of the Marlborough region where wine grapes are grown also help to create lush, aromatic wines that creates a taste sensation wine lovers from around the world have fallen in love with.

New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc created from grapes grown in the vineyards of the Marlborough wine growing region of New Zealand is known around the world for breathtaking pungency, crisp herbaceousness, fresh flavor and mouth watering aromas. But the Sauvignon Blanc being created from the grapes grown in the Nelson wine growing region of New Zealand is also quickly gaining fame with wine lovers from around the world.

Mount Nelson Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2007 is a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc which combines ripe fleshy melon fruit and soft herbal nuances that linger in the mouth. Black Barn Vineyards Barrel Fermented Sauvignon Blanc 2006 is a popular Sauvignon Blanc grown on north facing slopes of the Te Mata hills in Hawkes Bay, while Blankenbrook Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2008 is a previous award winning New Zealand wine.

Add to this list Saint Clair Premium Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2008, a fine wine from consistently the worlds best maker of Sauvignon Blanc. Auntsfield Long Cow Sauvignon Blanc 2007, an 2007 vintage with with amazing aromas and fruit spectrum Sauvignon Blanc is known for, and the punchy, full throttle taste sensation of Glazebrook Regional Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc to the list of amazing Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand.

The wines of New Zealand benefit from the long growing season, cool ocean breezes and sub-alpine climates of the region, including a Sauvignon Blanc that has won a few international awards during the past few years. New Zealand wineries have also created a Chardonnay international wine lovers have found appealing and red wines like Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot blends with a distinctive taste and aroma that are a taste sensation during wine parties around the world. Fine tasting white Riesling, Chenin Blanc and Gewurztraminer are some of the newest and best wines of New Zealand.

Marlborough and Nelson are the wine growing regions of New Zealand known for growing Sauvignon Blanc, but Marlborough has a reputation for creating the finest Sauvignon Blanc in the world in some circles. Auckland, Gisborne, Marlborough and Nelson are the Chardonnay growing regions of New Zealand, while mouth watering Cabernet Sauvignon hails from the Auckland and Hawes’ Bay wine growing regions of New Zealand. Pinot Noir is created in the fine wine growing regions of Wairarapa, Marlborough, Nelson, Canterbury, and the finest New Zealand Pinot Noir is created in the Central Otago wine growing region. Riesling wines are created in the wine growing regions of Gisborne, Marlborough, Nelson, Canterbury and Wairarapa.

New Zealand Pinot Noir is being grown in the New Zealand wine growing regions of Wairarapa, Marlborough, Nelson, Canterbury, and Central Otago that in recent times is creating a taste sensation in wine loving circles around the world. There are even wine lovers of the world who believe that the Pinot Noir being created in New Zealand is the most alluring Pinot Noir being produced outside of Burgundy, France. One thing is for certain the Pinot Noir coming out of the vineyards of New Zealand is being enjoyed during more and more wine tasting parties around the world than ever before.

Martinborough Vineyard Pinot Noir 2000 is a deep colored red wine with an intense nose of cherries, herbs and dark chocolate, a brilliantly balanced palate of rich berry fruit, and good complexity and density. Waipara West Pinot Noir 2000 has a very intense nose showing bright, herby berry fruit with lots of earthly complexity and lovely balance on a concentrated palate displaying rich herby fruit, some tannins and a spicy edge. Compare these outstanding wines to Isabel Estate Marlborough Pinot Noir 2000, with its cherry red color and lovely intense nose showing an attractive medicinal edge, to try a nice variety of New Zealand Pinot Noir.