This wine (or most of it) was the first fruit off our Muritai Vineyard with 72% from our youngest plants. The twist this year is that our Bordeaux clones shone and barged their way into our flagship wine for the first time, bringing complexity and that classic contradiction that makes Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc what it is Ripe green flavours. The sugar levels were a jot higher than perfect due to surprising increases during the two days between deciding to pick and taking the fruit off, but the resulting increased concentration of flavour brings intensity back to the 2008 level.