With plenty of international winemaking experience under his belt, Brian Bicknell made his dreams come true when launching Mahi Wines in 2006. In the ensuing years, Mahi has established itself as one New Zealand's finest examples of Sauvignon Blanc. The 2024 Mahi Sauvignon Blanc comes from six different vineyards, all of them giving particular attributes to the final wine. The hand-picked fruit was whole-cluster pressed, with a small portion of this juice barrel-fermented in older French oak to give extra weight. This has all the classic Sauvignon Blanc flavours; grassiness, stonefruit, but is restrained and balanced, with a complexity rarely found in New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. It also has an incredible length of flavour that makes it standout from the vast majority of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc currently produced.
