Hidden Garden - Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
Marlborough and Sauvignon Blanc. If there's a more distinctive place for growing sauvignon blanc, then we've yet to find it. Sometimes however, they can be incredibly herbaceous with a lashing of sugar to fill out the palate. The Hidden Garden is not like this. It is serious Marlborough sauvignon blanc - picked at the right time, so that the wine retains a level of complexity and balance that eliminates the need for residual sugar and makes it, well, complex and drinkable. Moreish.
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The Independent Weekly - Philip White - 93 Points
"This is bigger, more thought-out sauvignon than your average Kiwi, and certainly a lot more chop than your average Adelaide Hillsby. Rather than simple grass and acid, it offers layers of complex tropical fruits, with cantalope, banana, custard apple, and jackfruit predominant. There's a cheeky top note of phosphate and burlap, and a neat turn of Chinese gooseberry acid in the finish, but it's really a grand, healthy, viscous beauty. All that plush yellow flesh!" 93 points.
Courier Mail - Ken Gargett
"For anyone who has been living in a deep cave in Bhutan for the past two decades Kiwi sauv blanc from Marlborough has set the wine world alight. Hesketh's Hidden Garden ($25) has a local link, with Jonathon Hesketh, an Aussie making wine from Kiwi grapes. The label is by favourite Brisbane artist Melissa Egan. It blew the others away, proving why lovers of savvy flock here. With pungent gooseberry and herbal notes, it is intense in the extreme with good acidity."
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