Clos Henri Sauvignon Blanc Otira Glacial Stones Single Vineyard Marlborough, New Zealand (2024 Pre-Arrival)
If New Zealand sauvignon blanc is your jam, this pre-arrival offer is sure to be your favorite wine of the year. Seamlessly straddling the line between opulence and elegance, the 2024 Clos Henri Otira Glacial Stones Sauvignon Blanc is a stunning display of terroir and ripe fruit characters. One sip and you will be as starstruck as we are about this killer juice!
Henri Bourgeois is a 10th-generation, family-run estate based in Sancerre and is considered one of the finest producers of sauvignon blanc-based wines in the Loire Valley. In the late 1980s, 9th-generation proprietors Jean-Marie and the late Rémi Bourgeois sought to spread their wings and establish a winery in Marlborough, New Zealand. Their high standards led them on a 12-year search to find just the right site for their new venture. Their patience and tenacity were rewarded with Clos Henri in Marlborough's Wairau Valley, established in 2000. Their 98 hectares of vineyards have the terroir that enables them to produce stunning wines that are on par, quality-wise, with their Loire Valley counterparts.
Named after the ancient glacial period that formed this exceptional terroir, the Otira Vineyard is the purest expression of the stony soils found on the terraces of the estate. Formed 75,000 years ago, these free-draining soils result in wines with elegant minerality and excellent structure. Today's wine is sourced from the Glacial Stones parcel of the vineyard, which has Greywacke Stones that were deposited as the glacier retreated south towards the West Coast.*
Fermented in 85% stainless steel and 15% neutral French oak followed by 9 months of aging on the lees for body and depth, the 2024 Clos Henri Otira Glacial Stones Sauvignon Blanc has heady aromatics and a palate redolent with apple and lemonade flavors laced with clover honey and elderflower notes. It offers finesse, focus, and freshness with a cool, citrusy acidity.*
Check out the press!
96 points, Wine Advocate:
"The 2024 Otira Glacial Stones Sauvignon Blanc is just such a fantastic wine. I love it every year. Mineral tension, poise, and elongated shape are the hallmarks of this wine. The wine has a smell of fresh sheets, crisp, crushed shells, white spice, and ocean air. I appreciate the length and stretch of this wine—it fully extends and lingers, and there is a textural pulsing and undulation. It is truly excellent. 2024 was a warm vintage that produced wines of amplitude and volume, yet here the terroir has compressed the fruit into its own shape. So, with the coupling of the season and the terroir, we have this. It's a triumph among triumphs."
95 points and Editor's Choice, Wine Enthusiast:
"There's a gentleness to this single site sauvignon, from a top French-owned biodynamic estate. It's concentrated, flavorsome, but never forced or over-made. There's pronounced minerality—like stones, shells, and fresh cut meadow crunching underfoot—and salted margarita vibes, with pineapple rind garnish. Bright, tangy acidity and herb and citrus flavors aren't shy on the palate, but they never shout their presence. Mouth-watering and textural enough to be food-friendly; the mineral core anchors a ship of flavor."
Order the 2024 Clos Henri Otira Glacial Stones Sauvignon Blanc between now and Friday, September 5th, at 5 PM. Orders will be ready for pickup on Wednesday, September 10th, after 3 PM.
ABV: 14%
*winery notes
Henri Bourgeois is a 10th-generation, family-run estate based in Sancerre and is considered one of the finest producers of sauvignon blanc-based wines in the Loire Valley. In the late 1980s, 9th-generation proprietors Jean-Marie and the late Rémi Bourgeois sought to spread their wings and establish a winery in Marlborough, New Zealand. Their high standards led them on a 12-year search to find just the right site for their new venture. Their patience and tenacity were rewarded with Clos Henri in Marlborough's Wairau Valley, established in 2000. Their 98 hectares of vineyards have the terroir that enables them to produce stunning wines that are on par, quality-wise, with their Loire Valley counterparts.
Named after the ancient glacial period that formed this exceptional terroir, the Otira Vineyard is the purest expression of the stony soils found on the terraces of the estate. Formed 75,000 years ago, these free-draining soils result in wines with elegant minerality and excellent structure. Today's wine is sourced from the Glacial Stones parcel of the vineyard, which has Greywacke Stones that were deposited as the glacier retreated south towards the West Coast.*
Fermented in 85% stainless steel and 15% neutral French oak followed by 9 months of aging on the lees for body and depth, the 2024 Clos Henri Otira Glacial Stones Sauvignon Blanc has heady aromatics and a palate redolent with apple and lemonade flavors laced with clover honey and elderflower notes. It offers finesse, focus, and freshness with a cool, citrusy acidity.*
Check out the press!
96 points, Wine Advocate:
"The 2024 Otira Glacial Stones Sauvignon Blanc is just such a fantastic wine. I love it every year. Mineral tension, poise, and elongated shape are the hallmarks of this wine. The wine has a smell of fresh sheets, crisp, crushed shells, white spice, and ocean air. I appreciate the length and stretch of this wine—it fully extends and lingers, and there is a textural pulsing and undulation. It is truly excellent. 2024 was a warm vintage that produced wines of amplitude and volume, yet here the terroir has compressed the fruit into its own shape. So, with the coupling of the season and the terroir, we have this. It's a triumph among triumphs."
95 points and Editor's Choice, Wine Enthusiast:
"There's a gentleness to this single site sauvignon, from a top French-owned biodynamic estate. It's concentrated, flavorsome, but never forced or over-made. There's pronounced minerality—like stones, shells, and fresh cut meadow crunching underfoot—and salted margarita vibes, with pineapple rind garnish. Bright, tangy acidity and herb and citrus flavors aren't shy on the palate, but they never shout their presence. Mouth-watering and textural enough to be food-friendly; the mineral core anchors a ship of flavor."
Order the 2024 Clos Henri Otira Glacial Stones Sauvignon Blanc between now and Friday, September 5th, at 5 PM. Orders will be ready for pickup on Wednesday, September 10th, after 3 PM.
ABV: 14%
*winery notes
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