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2018 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

Drink soonWell stockedVivino community 3.9/5

This morning we have the new release, the 2018 vintage of this region defining wine, alongside some rarer maturing magnums and the limited release Te Koko. It’s a wine which has come to define what many consider New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc to be all about. The first Sauvignon Blanc in N.Z. may have been planted 10 years previously and much further north, in Auckland in fact, but it is Marlborough which is now considered its spiritual home. Chris Lamb, Fine Wine Private Account Manager “Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2018 is one of the best Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blancs in many years. Although we had

Colour / grapeWhite · Sauvignon Blanc
RegionMarlborough, New Zealand
Drink window2020–2030
2020Drink soon2030
Best withPork, Rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), Vegetarian, Poultry

Critics

Vivino community 3.9/5

Vivino

Wine-Searcher aggregate (7 critics) 90/100

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Consumption history

Bottles opened · 7 total

7 bottles · Historical reconciliation 2026-06-16 · Backfilled: bottles bought minus current stock (incl. in-bond). Historical drinking that predates the manual drink log.