2018 White Wine

Wine Enthusiast, 93 points: This rare find in the Napa Valley is bright and floral, with bristling acidity. From an estate-grown site planted in 2012, this white saw no oak, preserving its fruity core of melon, peach and jasmine.

jamessuckling.com, 94 points: This is a longtime favorite, due to its purity of fruit and freshness, showing green-papaya, lime, lemon and green-apple character. Medium body. Crisp acidity. No wood. Steely and fruity at the end. Drink now.

jamessuckling.com, 96 points: The top-tier chardonnay here is very much in command and has a super rich and very concentrated feel with deep, ripe-peach and mango aromas with grilled-grapefruit notes, too. The palate is very rich and ripe, offering a...

Decanter, 94 points: A harmonious and balanced style with a high level of fruit concentration on the silken mid-palate. A more restrained style than you might anticipate from New Zealand, but this is the windy Wairarapa providing its own...

Wine Spectator, 90 points: Vivid and distinctive, with passion fruit, lime and Meyer lemon flavors that mingle with details of honeysuckle and lemon thyme, finding harmony on the refreshing finish. Drink now. 7,845 cases made. — MW

jamessuckling.com, 91 points: This is super pungent, all-guns-blazing sauvignon with reductive notes matched to intense passion fruit and other tropical fruit. The palate has a neat core of sweet-fruit flavor, nicely played against handy acidity. Well...

Wine Spectator, 90 points: This medium-bodied white exhibits nice tension, featuring white peach and fresh-cut pineapple flavors and hints of orange zest, flanked by mineral, white tea and herb details. Offers accents of white pepper, floral and...

jamessuckling.com, 91 points: (90-91) Very pretty white this year with lovely depth of melon, lemon and lime. Medium body. Fresh and flavorful finish.

Wine Enthusiast, 90 points: Tight rounded richness meets moderate acidity and biting layers of crisp green apple and fig in this well-made, expressive white. It shows a deft hand of balance and weight. VIRGINIE BOONE

Vinous, 91 points: Glistening green-tinged straw. Bright and focused on the nose, displaying fresh grapefruit, honeysuckle and mineral scents, along with habanero and succulent herb nuances in the background. Dry and nervy in style...