Shangri-La Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Art Label

Shangri-La Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Come and experience our little piece of paradise. The vibrant green vineyard, the sheep, the ranges in the background and the long white cloud in the sky - this is where we live and play.

Entitled "Spring at Blackenbrook's", this label is part of our art series featuring works by Nelson artist Michelle Bellamy. The painting was commissioned to celebrate land and vineyard in sunny Nelson.

$23.00 NZD

Tasting Notes

This Sauvignon Blanc bursts out of your glass with intense gooseberry, citrus and elderflower notes. Zesty and alive, there's a wonderful purity and delicacy to this wine.

Read Winemaker’s Notes
Oil painting titled "Spring at Blackenbrook's" by Michelle Bellamy showing the view from the top of the vineyard. Next to the vineyard white sheep are grazing. The family home and the winery are also in the painting. In the background the Richmond Ranges and a deep blue sky with a long white cloud can be seen.

Nelson art to the world

Shangri-La stands for harmony, bright colours, vibrancy and incredibly intense flavours. We initiated the art series containing Sauvignon Blanc, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Noir to show-case these unique Nelson traits to the Japanese export market.

Contemporary Nelson landscape artist Michelle Bellamy created the paintings for the labels. Through precision brushwork and careful layering she captured the essence of the magnificent Nelson region.

A vibrant green bunch of Sauvignon blanc grapes surrounded by green leaves.

Reviews

Certified vegan

To make this wine, we haven't used classic fining agents such as fish, milk, or egg extracts and only minimal additives.

This means our Sauvignon Blanc is very natural and vegan friendly. In fact, it is certified by the New Zealand Vegetarian Society.

Isabelle Schwarzenbach picking white grapes. She's working on a very old vine with a large trunk. The grass and leaf canopy are vibrant green and the sun is shining.

The season

Our 20th year of growing grapes at Blackenbrook Vineyard!

Mother Nature gave us beautiful spring weather for flowering and pollination, setting us up for a good crop.

Summer was quite wet and the vines grew at a crazy pace. We kept mowing, trimming and leaf-plucking the fruit zone but it was a real struggle to stay on top of the phenomenal growth.

Going into harvest the fruit was clean but extremely fragile – and so were our nerves. But two weeks of stunning autumn weather was all we needed to hand-pick our biggest crop ever with beautiful ripeness and flavours – a challenging season with a happy ending.