Blank Canvas is industry veteran Matt Thomson's own project along with his MW wife Sophie. This single vineyard Sauvignon Blanc is sourced from the Holdaway vineyard at Dillons Point – Matt Thomson’s favourite sub-region for this variety. This is aromatic and herbaceous, zesty and fresh on the palate, quite fine and restrained with grapefruit and a hint of passion fruit, with a taught minerally almost saline finish. The best yet, really pure with lovely restraint.
"The 2025 Holdaway Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc is from the Holdaway vineyard in Dillon's Point, a growing area right on the coast, at the mouth of the main Wairau Valley. Aromatically, the wine exhibits all the pungency and concentration of the area, yet it shows restraint too, and I like that. Here, there is passion fruit, pineapple husk, white pepper, wet linen, chalk and brine. In the mouth, the wine is textural and chalky, long and restrained—it's very good indeed. A classy offering here, it's true to its place but crafted in a sophisticated manner—or perhaps farmed to achieve this. Either way, it's very good. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap." 95pts Erin Larkin The Wine Advocate
