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.

The grapes were sourced from five distinct vineyards across Marlborough. The hand-picked fruit underwent whole-bunch pressing to minimise skin contact. 19% of the juice was fermented in seasoned French barriques. The remaining juice was fermented at cool temperatures to retain the distinct fruit characters from each vineyard. 35% of the fermentations utilised natural yeasts. Post-fermentation, the wine rested on its lees. The final blend is composed solely of free-run juice.