Clos Henri
Otira Sauvignon Blanc 2025 750ml

2024

96 - JAMES SUCKLING

#29 / 100 Top 100 New Zealand Wine of 2025

"Very classy with a fragrant nose of ripe lemons, subtle elderflowers, hay and lime zest, accented by a touch of sea spray. The palate is crisp and razor-focused with a backbone of racy acidity and a firm, lightly phenolic structure. Extremely long and precise."

96 - WINE ADVOCATE

"The 2024 Otira Glacial Stones Sauvignon Blanc is just such a fantastic wine. I love it every year. Mineral tension, poise and elongated shape are the hallmarks of this wine. The wine has a smell of fresh sheets, crisp, crushed shells, white spice and ocean air. I appreciate the length and stretch of this wine—it fully extends and lingers, and there is a textural pulsing and undulation. It is truly excellent. 2024 was a warm vintage and produced wines of amplitude and volume, yet here the terroir has compressed the fruit into its own shape. So, with the coupling of the season and the terroir, we have this. It's a triumph among triumphs. The numbers of this wine are mad/impressive to behold: very low pH (2.97), a good level of total acidity (6.5) and 14% alcohol. Years of high-density planting and organic management (since 2010, certified 2013) in this place has enabled a wine of balance to achieve these numbers. Sealed under Diam."

96 - THE REAL REVIEW

"Initially reticent, this opens slowly with air to reveal very complex but taut aromas of ambarella, white flowers, fennel bulb, honeydew and oregano. The palate is smooth in texture, with full-bodied weight and late-emerging acidity which allows the tight flavours of citrus and apple to expand into savoury spice and salinity on the sneakily long finish. An impressive and very confident expression of site without obvious use of oak for complexity, this has the finesse and depth to reward mid-term cellaring."

95 - WINE ENTHUSIAST “Editor’s Choice”

90 - WINE SPECTATOR

2023

95 - ROBERT PARKER WINE ADVOCATE

95 - THE REAL REVIEW

94 - WINE ENTHUSIAST “Editor’s Choice”

94 - JAMES SUCKLING  

2022

95 - THE REAL REVIEW

93 - WINE ENTHUSIAST “Editor’s Choice”

94 - JAMES SUCKLING

The 2025 Otira is a precise expression of minerality and tension. The nose reveals initial notes of lemon curd, oolong tea and vibrant raspberry leaf. Unfolding delicately, there is a wet stone minerality which is tempered by a touch of shortbread, whilst on the palate, vibrant pineapple and passionfruit lead a bright Meyer lemon zest finish. Tightly coiled, the Otira will benefit from time open to relax in glass. This is a wine that rewards patience.