5 Stars Wine Orbit
"Following on from their excellent 2012, this is a step up in deliciousness. The bouquet is ripe and lifted showing peach, passionfruit, citrus and herbaceous characters. It's intensely flavoured on the palate with fruit richness and juicy acidity. Great value."

4.5 Stars Cuisine Magazine
"With every purchase of Spinyback wine (Waimea Estates' second label), you're helping the tuatara, the grandest Spinyback of them all. And with every mouthful of this delightful, frolicsome, spicy, pure expression, you're bound to find pleasure this summer."

4 Stars Winestate
"Punchy, vibrant, medium to full bodied wine with youthful impact. Melon, green capsicum and lime flavours, with good acid spine and a smooth finish. Drinking well now and well-priced."

4 Stars Raymond Chan
"Brilliant, very pale straw-yellow colour, light on rim.  The bouquet is full with intense aromas of pungent passionfruit, gooseberries, fresh herbs and lime.  Dry to taste and medium-bodied, gentle flavours of passionfruit and herbs build with depth and density.  Soft textures underline the fruit, with fresh acidity enhancing the fruit sweetness and lively mouth-feel.  The flavours are open and accessible, carrying through to a dry, moderately long finish.  This is a dry Sauvignon Blanc with moderately deep and open passionfruit flavours.  Match with Mediterranean fare, and salads and vegetables over the next 2 years."

4 Stars Wine NZ
"Bright and intense with fresh apple, lime and green herb characters on the nose. On the palate, this wine has vibrant acidity and flavours of ripe apple, lemon, lime and red currant with passionfruit and gooseberry. Certainly good, flavoursome Sauvignon Blanc. It's pretty full-bodied but well balanced and characterful."

Award Winner
International Wine Challenge 2014
Royal Easter Wine Show 2014
Decanter World Wine Awards 2014