Matua Valley Sauvignon Blanc Paretai 2004

Brothers Bill and Ross Spence started Matua in a tin shed outside Auckland in 1974, bottling one of New Zealand's first Sauvignon Blancs. They still run the winery, though it was bought by Foster's a few years ago. Paretai is the winery's top Sauvignon, produced from fruit grown on the north side of Marlborough's Wairau River, where near-ideal weather conditions in 2004 delivered vivid wines.