Bronze Medal, 2011 Air New Zealand Wine Awards, Auckland
Bronze Medal, 2011 Hong Kong Int'l Wine and Spirits Competition

"Quite a rich and creamy textured Sauvignon Blanc with classic Awatere mineral, tomato leaf and passion fruit flavours. Bone dry but nicely balanced with a pleasing hint of fruit sweetness. Classy wine." 89 points 4 stars
- Bob Campbell MW

"Racy and juicy, this wine displays bold passionfruit and grapefruit aromas. In the palate you get bucketfuls of gooseberries combined with vibrant acidity. Big, ripe and thoroughly recommended." 4.5 stars, Top Tip
- TiZwine.com

Pure Elite Gold Medal, 2010 Air New Zealand Wine Awards, Auckland
Silver Medal, 2011 Concours Mondial du Sauvignon
Bronze Medal, 2011 Royal Easter Show Wine Awards
Bronze Medal, 2011 Int'l  Wine Challenge, London
Bronze Medal, 2011 Marlborough Wine Show
Bronze Medal, 2011 Boutique Wine Awards Australia

"Crisp, dry style with mouthfilling body and fresh, citrusy, nettley flavours that linger well. Tight, minerally and flinty." 3½ stars.
- Winestate Magazine

"Intensely fragrant and ripe, showing passionfruit, peach and herbaceous characters with an abundance of fruit and vibrant acidity."
- Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2010

"A tightly framed Sauvignon from a single vineyard in the Awatere Valley, the nose is intensely fragrant displaying grapefruit, currant and herbaceous characters. It's zesty and lively on the palate with bright acidity and a lengthy crisp finish. It's full of attractive flavours." 91 points. 4½ stars.
- Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"...Clark Estate always make high quality Sauvignon Blanc and this is no exception. The delightful herbaceous nose is followed by passionfruit flavours with added capsicum and spicy notes. Enjoy." 4 stars.
- TiZwine.com

"Concentrated but in a riper style than I normally associate with the Awatere Valley. Ripe stone fruit, melon with a suggestion of red capsicum." 85 points. 4 stars.
- Bob Campbell MW

"Melon and apricot notes have a spicy, racy edge, with plenty of acidity and terrific lemongrass, lime and peach flavours on the finish." 88 points
- Wine Spectator Magazine

Silver Medal, 2011 Royal Easter Show Wine Awards
Commended, 2011 Int'l  Wine Challenge, London
Silver Medal, 2011 Hong Kong Int'l Wine and Spirits Competition
Bronze Medal, 2011 Spiegelau Int'l  Wine Competition
Bronze Medal, 2011 Boutique Wine Awards Australia
Bronze Medal, 2011 Marlborough Wine Show

"A single-vineyard wine that’s beautifully textural and shows juicy pear, apple and nectarine notes followed by a gripping, snappy texture. A splash of sweetness gives it extra weight and adds to its lovely complexity." 4 stars.
- Yvonne Lorkin

"Attractively scented, fleshy and full-bodied style, partly barrel-fermented, with very good depth of vibrant pear, lychee and spice flavours, slightly sweet and smooth. Drink now or cellar." 3½ stars
- Winestate Magazine

"Pears are very much in evidence here and give good fruit weight in a palate that also has an excellent texture and decent length. Alcohol is firm and the acidity well balanced. Enjoyed." 4 stars, Top Tip.
- TiZwine.com

"This is a fruit-rich Pinot Gris with gentle infusion of stylish oak characters, displaying opulent aromas of stonefruit, mango, citrus and vanilla. It's full and richly textured on the palate showing a touch of sweetness (5.2 g/l) and an expansive finish. It's succulent and supple with loads of appealing flavours. At its best: now to 2013." 91 points. 4½ stars.
- Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

Top 12 Tasted and Rated NZ Pinot Gris Dec/Jan 2012 Issue. 93 points, 5 stars.
- Gourmet Wine Traveller Magazine

Pure Bronze Medal, 2010 Air New Zealand Wine Awards, Auckland
Commended, 2011 Int'l  Wine Challenge, London
Bronze Medal, 2011 Spiegelau Int'l  Wine Competition
Bronze Medal, 2011 Boutique Wine Awards Australia

"Concentrated and moderately lush wine in a medium style with tree fruit, tropical fruit and subtle citrus flavours. An intriguing wine - surprisingly ripe with a suggestion of honeyed botrytis influence. Sweetness is nicely balanced by fine acidity." 85 points. 4 stars
- Bob Campbell MW

"Youthful, tightly structured, medium-bodied wine with a minerally streak. Fresh lemon and apple flavours, showing good intensity, a splash of sweetness and firm acid spine. Best drinking 2012+." 4 stars.
- Winestate Magazine

"Tropical aromas give way to clean, fresh citrus flavours that display truly ripe fruit and thus have great length. Medium dry in style and beautifully balanced." 4 stars.
- TiZwine.com

Gold Medal, 2011 Boutique Wine Awards Australia
Commended, 2011 Int'l  Wine Challenge, London
Silver Medal, 2011 Marlborough Wine Show

"Concentrated but in a riper style than I normally associate with the Awatere Valley. Ripe stone fruit, melon with a suggestion of red capsicum." 85 points. 4 stars.
- Bob Campbell MW

Bronze Medal, 2011 Boutique Wine Awards Australia

"Varietal definition is excellent, displaying pear, tropical fruit and floral notes with a touch of spice characters. It's succulent and smooth on the palate with subtle sweetness (5.2 g/l) and a refreshing finish. Very appealing and satisfying. A portion of the juice (10%) was fermented in barrels. At its best: now to 2013." 90 points. 4½ stars.
- Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"Stylish Pinot Gris that introduces very subtle complexity from barrel fermentation without damping down too much pear and nectarine fruit flavours. The texture is impressively smooth and the overall impression off/dry." 86 points, 4 stars
- Bob Campbell MW

"Concentrated and moderately lush wine in a medium style with tree fruit, tropical fruit and subtle citrus flavours. An intriguing wine - surprisingly ripe with a suggestion of honeyed botrytis influence. Sweetness is nicely balanced by fine acidity." 85 points. 4 stars.
- Bob Campbell MW

Bronze Medal, 2011 Marlborough Wine Show
Pure Bronze Medal, 2009 Air New Zealand Wine Awards
Bronze Medal, 2010 Bragato Wine Awards

"An impressive wine from a two-acre single vineyard, displaying mandarin, candied apple and stonefruit characters on the nose. The bouquet is quite gorgeous and sweet-scented. It's lusciously sweet (50 g/l) on the palate with fine texture and bright acidity. The wine is generously flavoured and showing huge appeal now. At its best: now to 2016." 91 points. 4½ stars.
- Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"Lovely, light, low alcohol style with gentle sweetness. Attractively scented, with a fresh, poised palate, distinctly Mosel-like, showing ripe, citrusy flavours, very delicate and harmonious. Already delicious." 4½ stars.
- Winestate Magazine

"Moderately sweet Riesling with soft acidity and gentle stone fruit, honey, pineapple and citrus flavours. Mellow, smooth-textured wine with appealing succulence." 83 points. 3 stars.
- Bob Campbell MW

Bronze Medal, 2010 Bragato Wine Awards
Bronze Medal, 2010 Royal Easter Show Wine Awards
Bronze Medal, 2009 Int'l  Aromatic Wine Competition

"This single vineyard wine from the Awatere Valley is gently aromatic on the nose displaying floral, lime zest and feijoa characters. The palate shows lovely ripe fruit notes, fine texture and beautifully integrated acidity. The wine flows well and shows good poise without the aggressive pungency. A lovely stylish expression of the variety relying more on the palate feel rather than lifted fruit flavours. At its best: now to 2013." 91 points. 4½ stars.
- Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"Plenty of pure focused fruit flavours with succulent tropical fruits contrasting with red capsicum and a hint of nettles. A riper example of the Awatere style showing typical district concentration. Stylish wine with power." 89 points 4 stars
- Bob Campbell MW

Silver Medal, 2010 Bragato Wine Awards

"A gently fragrant nose displaying citrus, peach and pear characters. The palate is nicely weighted showing a juicy mouthfeel, subtle sweetness (6.3 g/l) and refreshing acidity. A nicely balanced and crisp style Pinot Gris, perhaps needing further time in the bottle to show greater intensity. At its best: now to 2013." 84 points. 3.5 stars.
- Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

"Freshly scented, mouthfilling and vibrantly fruity, with pear and lychee flavours, slightly spicy and limey. Off-dry style with good delicacy and varietal character." 3.5 stars.
- Winestate Magazine

"Moderately concentrated wine with a slightly tinny canned pineapple/pear character. Weighty Pinot Gris in a medium/dry style with drying tannins on the finish." 83 points. 3 stars.
- Bob Campbell MW

Bronze Medal, 2010 NZ Int'l  Wine Show
Bronze Medal, 2010 Royal Easter Wine Show Awards

"Alsace-style with mouthfilling body, fleshy and well-rounded. Strong, ripe peach, pear and spice flavours, showing some complexity and excellent texture, richness and downright drinkability." 4 stars.
- Winestate Magazine

Commended, 2009 Decanter World Wine Awards

"The subtle mineral nose is followed by green apple flavours and a lively crisp acidity. The finish is clean and quite drying."
- TiZwine.com

"Fresh, tangy wine with typical Awatere Valley tomato leaf, green capsicum and nettle characters plus a suggestion of passion fruit. Pure, focused wine with good concentration and balance." 86 points. 4 stars.
- Bob Campbell MW

"Distinctive wine with strong floral flavours supported by mineral and honeycomb. Very delicate with pure flavours. Quite sweet but not heavy or cloying. Soft acidity helps emphasise the wines sweetness." 86 points. 4 stars.
- Bob Campbell MW

"...sweet and the apple flavours are quite dominant too although there's a delicious tug of earthy citrus, honey, flower musk and nectar and the finish is delectably more-ish and ultra long."
- Sue Courtney

"When you taste wines as appealing as this instantly likeable Marlborough Riesling, you just want to share them. Sadly, the contents of the bottle are now long gone, but knowing this zingy fresh, lime tasting wine sets new standards for New Zealand Riesling is surely a draw card to check it out yourself."
- Joelle Thomson

"Vivacious, light wine (10% alcohol), hand-harvested in the Awatere Valley from first-crop vines. Lemony, minerally scents, leading into a gently sweet style with rich, citrusy, faintly honeyed flavours, threaded with appetising acidity. Finely balanced and lingering." 4 Stars.
- Winestate Magazine

Bronze Medal, 2009 Decanter World Wine Awards

"Showing good personality and immediacy, this is a mouthfilling, vibrantly fruity Marlborough wine with fresh pear, lychee and spice flavours, a minerally streak and a slightly sweet, finely balanced finish." 4 Stars.
- Winestate Magazine

"Reasonably strong, bright Pinot Gris with crisp acidity and Nashi pear flavours, A suggestion of sweetness is nicely balanced by the acidity to give a fairly dry and lingering finish. Subtle tannins are neatly buried into the wine's fruit flavours." 84 points. 3 stars.
- Bob Campbell MW

Bronze Medal, 2009 Royal Easter Show Wine Awards
Bronze Medal, 2009 Int'l Wine and Spirits Competition, London
Bronze Medal, 2009 Int'l  Aromatic Wine Competition
Bronze Medal, 2009 Liquorland Top 100

"Apple and capsicum on the nose and quite oily textured in the palate, it has that 'exotic' tropical fruit theme running through the wine - passionfruit and feijoa spring to mind with lively acidity adding a tingle to the texture and a touch of chilli too. A rich textured wine with a softness to the lasting finish."
- Sue Courtney

"Light, fresh, simple, focused wine with delicate herbal flavours. Simple and appealing Sauvignon Blanc in a typical Awatere style." 81 points. 3 stars.
- Bob Campbell MW

Bronze Medal, 2009 Royal Easter Show Wine Awards
Commended, 2009 Int'l  Wine Challenge, London
Bronze Medal, 2009 Int'l Wine and Spirits Competition, London

"Boreham Wood's leading Sauvignon has a lime and green apple nose. The palate is tight and focused with fresh tropical fruit and a firm acid backbone. Refreshing and very enjoyable - an example successor to last year's delicious wine." 4 stars.
- TiZwine.com

"Crisp, lively, Awatere Valley wine with finely balanced melon, lime and capsicum flavours, showing good depth." 3 Stars.
- Winestate Magazine

"Pure, concentrated wine with lively passion fruit, green capsicum, gooseberry and nettle flavours. Lovely fresh Sauvignon Blanc that's a high performer in this vintage." 89 points. 4 stars.
- Bob Campbell MW

5 Stars, Cuisine Magazine
Silver Medal, 2008 Int'l Wine & Spirits Competition, London
Silver Medal, 2008 Int'l  Wine Challenge, London
Silver Medal, 2007 New Zealand Int'l  Wine Show
Silver Medal, 2008 Royal Easter Show Wine Awards
Silver Medal, 2008 Bragato Wine Awards
Silver Medal, 2008 Liquorland Top 100
Pure Bronze Medal, 2007 Air New Zealand Wine Awards

"Assertive sweet grass and green capsicum with some passion fruit and mineral flavours reflect the cool growing conditions of the Awatere Valley. Good weight, flavour concentration and balance. A stylish and distinctive sauvignon blanc." 87 points. 4 stars.
- Bob Campbell MW

"Boreham Wood Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2007 has just been released and on first impression, it is startlingly similar to the 2006 - it's only the herbaceous freshness and the brighter acidity that lets you know it is the youngest. Herbs and tomato stalk on the nose lead into a warm, fleshy palate with stone fruit, melon, zesty grapefruit-like citrus and a grassy finish. It's young and vibrant with lots of flavour and excellent length that lasts and lasts. If it develops like the 2006 has, it will be stunning. Just give it time."
- Sue Courtney

"... well balanced wine with a glamorous big finish."
- Int'l  Wine Challenge, 2008

"A distinctive, charry complexity set this apart. Plenty of zest and strong varietal definition that prompted John Belsham to describe this new label as “very complete”. Brilliant with roasted goat’s cheese."
- Cuisine Magazine

Silver Medal, 2006 Air New Zealand Wine Awards, Auckland
Silver Medal, 2007 New Zealand Int'l  Wine Show, Auckland
Silver Medal, 2007 Int'l  Wine Challenge, London
Bronze Medal, 2007 Royal Easter Show Wine awards
Bronze Medal, 2007 Liquorland - Top 100
Bronze Medal, 2007 Bragato Wine Awards

"...terrific concentration of aromatic herbals with a real Awatere character – a very good wine indeed."  84 points. 3 stars.
- Bob Campbell, MW

"fresh, lively and with a punchy, racy style."
- Michael Cooper

"Boreham Wood Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2006 sets itself apart because it's quite stylistically different to the Wairau Valley savvies, and all the better for it."
- Sue Courtney