CARTER FAMILY VINEYARDS, MARLBOROUGH

WINEMAKER / PETE TURNER

5 stars
95 points

Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

review

It's powerfully expressed on the nose, showcasing passionfruit, kaffir lime, pineapple, and green rockmelon aromas. The palate is equally impressive, with excellent concentration and focus, brilliantly supported by racy acidity, making it delicious and lingering.

5 stars
94 points

The Wine Writer

review

Even the aromas are salivating! A fruit bomb of passionfruit, guava and key lime, with crunchy green apple and nettle notes melded in. Super bright and sunny. High energy on the palate, with zesty citrus and concentrated tropical fruit, driven by juicy, ripe acidity that keeps everything fresh and mouthwatering. Long passionfruit and mango flavours linger on the finish, like a Solero ice cream, with a stony texture keeping it classy. One stellar Savvy! Enjoy now - 2029

5 stars
94 points

Candice Chow

review

An expressive bouquet reflects on the palate with lush fruit, layering herb and spice details, with salivating acidity and a sleek texture lending a lengthy finish. 

5 stars
94 points

Candice Chow

review

An expressive bouquet reflects on the palate with lush fruit, layering herb and spice details, with salivating acidity and a sleek texture lending a lengthy finish. 

EXCELLENT
93 points

Cameron Douglas - MS

review

Pungent and fruity, packed with scents of citrus skin and nettles then peach and cape gooseberry. Lively and vibrant, on point and engaging. Equally engaging as the wine touches the palate with high acidity tempered by flavours of ripe and fleshy fruits both, tropical, zest of citrus, mango and some passionfruit. Well made, balanced and totally ready to drink from day of purchase through 2031.

18.5/20

Joelle Thomson

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From the first swirl, Stella Sauvignon Blanc asserts its aromatic presence with ripe grapefruit, passionfruit and blackcurrant leaf unfolding into lifted lemongrass and freshly picked herbs held together in a tight, bright young wine. Made with grapes grown in the Awatere and Wairau valleys in Marlborough, Stella was fermented entirely in stainless steel to retain its vibrant freshness and youthful energy. Residual sugar of 2.9 grams per litre puts this wine firmly in the dry category, which also shows through in every sip.