Appellation Marlborough Wine releases Annual Collection 2024
The 2024 Appellation Marlborough Wine (AMW) Annual Collection, designed to showcase the pinnacle of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, has been announced.
Now in its third year, the AMW Collection aims to highlight a diverse array of styles, each shaped by the unique sub-regions and winemaking expertise of Marlborough.
“AMW’s Annual Collection continues to recognise and celebrate world-class Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc,” says Michael Wentworth, CEO of AMW. “The 2024 Collection highlights our member’s dedication to quality, expression of our region’s unparalleled terroir, and to winemaking craft.”
AMW was founded in 2018 to protect the integrity and reputation of Marlborough wines and has over 55 members. Only wines that meet AMW’s stringent certification process carry the AMW mark, guaranteeing 100% Marlborough origin, certified sustainable vineyards, and exclusive bottling in New Zealand.
This year’s collection was judged by a panel that included Stephen Wong MW, Elaine Chukan Brown (Wine Enthusiast), and Paul Stringer (Moore Wilson).
The 2024 Appellation Marlborough Wine (AMW) Annual Collection.
The panel evaluated more than 75 current vintage Sauvignon Blancs and selected a top 12 to reflect the region’s unique vineyard sites and winemaking styles.
Chair of the judging panel, Stephen Wong MW, remarked: “2024 was a solar vintage with very expressive but also beautifully balanced fruit. The wines have breezy ease and effortless drinkability, even this early on. When making the selection, the judges found it hard to ignore the charming 2024 expression even if the standard of many 2023 wines in the 'alternative' category were impressive. From what we tasted, producers should be proud of how complex and sensitively handled many wines were.”
THE APPELLATION MARLBOROUGH WINE ANNUAL COLLECTION 2024:
• Ahi Kā Blackmore Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Dillons Point, Lower Wairau Valley)
• Astrolabe Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Marlborough)
• Auntsfield Natures Path Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Ben Morven, Southern Valleys)
• Dog Point Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Southern Valleys, Wairau Valley)
• Georges Michel Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Lower Wairau Valley)
• Huia Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Wairau Valley)
• Isabel Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Wairau Valley)
• Nautilus Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Marlborough)
• Pretty Paddock Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Lower Wairau Valley)
• ROHE Blind River Sauvignon Blanc 2024 by Rapaura Springs (Blind River)
• Starborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Awatere Valley)
• Whitehaven ‘Block 11’ Barrel Fermented Sauvignon Blanc 2023 (Rapaura, Central Wairau Valley)
Wines from the 2024 AMW Annual Collection are all current releases.
