Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2025: outstanding 94-point Marlborough Sauvignon from Cloudy Bay pioneer Kevin Judd: case of six bottles delivered
Original price was: £138.00.£107.00Current price is: £107.00.
94/100 Cameron Douglas MS
93/100 Stephen Wong MW, The Real Review
17/20 & Wine of the Week, JancisRobinson.com
5 Stars Michael Cooper
With more than 25 years as the man behind Cloudy Bay, Kevin Judd was instrumental in establishing Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc as one of the great modern success stories of the wine world. Today, his own Greywacke wines are benchmarks in their own right. And the new Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2025 is another superb release.
The 2025 growing season in Marlborough proved exceptional for Sauvignon Blanc. Following a warm, wet spring and early budburst, conditions turned remarkably dry, with settled weather and near-perfect flowering. The result was beautifully healthy fruit with excellent ripeness and concentration.
Greywacke’s 2025 captures everything we love about top Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, but with the extra dimension that distinguishes Kevin Judd’s wines from the crowd: vibrant citrus and ripe fruit, wonderful aromatics, taut acidity, mineral freshness and a deliciously textured, lingering finish.
The critics are already enthusiastic. Samantha Cole-Johnson at JancisRobinson.com selected it as a Wine of the Week, awarding 17/20, praising its classic Marlborough character together with the extra pithiness, texture and exceptionally long finish that set it apart.
This is precisely why Greywacke has become such a favourite in the CountryClubuk Cellar. It delivers the exuberant fruit and freshness we expect from great Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, but with considerably more texture, complexity and gastronomic versatility than the norm.
Drinking beautifully now and capable of developing well over the next five years.
Case of 6 bottles delivered (UK mainland).
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Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2025
Greywacke was created in 2009 by Kevin Judd, one of the pioneers of modern Marlborough wine.
Judd was the founding winemaker at Cloudy Bay and spent more than 25 years helping establish both that estate and Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc on the world stage before creating Greywacke in his own style. The name comes from the greywacke river stones found throughout Marlborough’s vineyard soils and originally used by Kevin for his first Marlborough vineyard.
Fruit for the 2025 Sauvignon Blanc comes from prime vineyards across Marlborough’s Southern Valleys and central Wairau Plains, including Woodbourne, Renwick and Rapaura. The varied soils range from young alluvial ground containing the region’s characteristic greywacke stones to the older, denser clay-loams of the Southern Valleys.
The 2025 vintage
The 2025 Marlborough harvest followed a warm, wet spring with early budburst and healthy canopies before conditions became exceptionally dry.
Sauvignon Blanc enjoyed remarkably settled flowering conditions, while the dry growing season allowed the fruit to achieve excellent ripeness and concentration.
The resulting Greywacke is wonderfully expressive while retaining the freshness and precision that are signatures of Kevin Judd’s winemaking.
Tasting note
Bright and intensely aromatic, with citrus, lime, grapefruit, blackcurrant, ripe orchard and tropical fruit, complemented by floral and subtle herbal notes.
The palate combines juicy fruit with taut acidity, flinty minerality and a gently creamy texture. A little phenolic grip adds structure and sophistication before a fresh, saline, impressively persistent finish.
This is quintessential Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc — but with an extra level of texture, precision and complexity that makes Greywacke special.
What the critics say
17/20 — Wine of the Week, Samantha Cole-Johnson, JancisRobinson.com
A beautifully classic expression of Marlborough Sauvignon, distinguished by taut acidity, attractive pithiness, texture and a particularly long finish.
93/100 — Stephen Wong MW, The Real Review
Perfumed and concentrated, with floral and sweet apple characters, linear structure, saline length and bright acidity.
5 Stars — Michael Cooper
A vibrant, fruit-driven Sauvignon with passionfruit and lime flavours, savoury complexity and a finely poised, lingering finish.
Food pairing
Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2025 is extremely versatile at the table. Try it with:
- oysters, crab, prawns and scallops
- smoked salmon
- grilled trout, halibut and other white fish
- asparagus and green vegetables
- goat’s cheese
- fresh herb and leaf salads
- canapés and summer lunches
It is equally enjoyable simply well chilled as an aperitif.
Drink now–2031.
CountryClubuk Members’ Price
RRP £137.94 per case of six bottles (£22.99 per bottle)
CountryClubuk Members: only £107 per case of six delivered
That’s just £17.83 per bottle delivered — a saving of £30.94 per case / over 22% against RRP.
Delivery included to UK mainland addresses, excluding Highlands and Islands.
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