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REBECCA GIBB MW for VINOUS MEDIA 

Blank Canvas Reed Vineyard Chardonnay 2021 

"The 2021 Reed Vineyard Chardonnay is pure, harmonious and suave, caressing the mouth with its gentle texture and purity. It’s not showy but a wine worth getting to know: it provides cognitive and sensory pleasure. You can expect almond, oatmeal, smoky nuts and party popper aromas. Yes, party poppers. I really love the smell of party poppers, so I want to keep smelling this and having a little party shimmer. Pure and textural with a gourmand character that will make you want to lick your cheeks to keep tasting it. Already good; this is going to be great."

97 POINTS

#1 Highest Scoring New Zealand Chardonnay

ERIN LARKIN for WINE ADVOCATE

Blank Canvas Holdaway Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2025

"The 2025 Holdaway Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc is from the Holdaway vineyard in Dillon's Point, a growing area right on the coast, at the mouth of the main Wairau Valley. Aromatically, the wine exhibits all the pungency and concentration of the area, yet it shows restraint too, and I like that. Here, there is passion fruit, pineapple husk, white pepper, wet linen,
chalk and brine. In the mouth, the wine is textural and chalky, long and restrained—it's very good indeed. A classy offering here, it's true to its place but crafted in a sophisticated manner—or perhaps farmed to achieve this. Either way, it's very good." 

95 POINTS

Highest Scoring New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc in the report

NEW ZEALAND WINES OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2026 - Susie Barrie MW & Peter Richards MW

Best New Zealand Winemaker: Matt Thomson, Blank Canvas

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