Mahi Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Mahi, meaning ‘our work, our craft’, began in 2001, fulfilling a dream for Brian and Nicola Bicknell. With a strong focus on single-vineyard wines from Marlborough, the idea behind Mahi is to respect and promote the individuality of those vineyards, and this focus of recognising and celebrating the diversity still continues. Since their first vintage they have built together a group of growers who are committed to their land and to the wines that come from it.

All of the vines reflect their ‘place’, their soils and aspects. All have been low cropped, hand-picked and fermented in the winery with the indigenous yeasts that arrive on the grapes. This is wine making with as little intervention as possible, so they truly reflect their sense of ‘place’ and the inspiration behind Mahi.

Fruit from five Marlborough vineyards was hand-picked and gently whole-bunch pressed to preserve freshness. Around 20% fermented in old French barrels, the rest in cool tanks to retain vibrant fruit character. A third of the ferments used natural yeasts. Aged on lees, the final blend is all free-run juice.