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Villa Maria Estate Ltd

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+64-9-255-0660 5 Kirkbride Road
Mangere, Auckland, 660
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Villa Maria is one of New Zealand's leading winemakers. Founded in 1961 by its current owner and Managing Director, George Fistonich, Villa Maria is 100% New Zealand owned.

New Zealand's leading wine award winner Villa Maria has been New Zealand's leading wine award winner, both nationally and internationally since the early 1980's. Villa Maria's talented people have an unrelenting passion to produce quality wines. Realising that it takes more than just good winemaking to produce quality, a passion to succeed begins in the vineyard.

Astute site selection by Villa Maria's vineyard experts, is followed by superior vineyard management and then complemented by expert winemaking. A strong focus on continually improving the vineyards is considered by Villa Maria to be an incredibly important factor in quality winemaking.

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Villa Maria Gewurz Pb (2007)

Winery: Villa Maria Estate Ltd
Region: New Zealand
Varietal: Gewürztraminer
Type: Table Wines
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timbw

Fantastic Wine - great with Asian food.

Villa Maria Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc (2011)

Winery: Villa Maria Estate Ltd
Region: New Zealand » Marlborough
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Type: Table Wines
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rar8888

Light and crisp

Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough New Zealand Cellar Selection (2011)

Winery: Villa Maria Estate Ltd
Region: New Zealand » Marlborough
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Type: Table Wines
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MrRiesling

Superb!

Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc Cellar Selection (2007)

Winery: Villa Maria Estate Ltd
Region: New Zealand » Marlborough
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Type: Table Wines
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aronowm2

great value. loads of grapefruit on the nose and palate. just a very powerful wine. great qpr.

Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc Cellar Selection (2009)

Winery: Villa Maria Estate Ltd
Region: New Zealand » Marlborough
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Type: Table Wines
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dynowine

Alluring strong nose of tropical fruit, grass, and flowers. Good acid on the attack with vegetal (corn on the cob) and floral notes. Mid-palate had strong slightly sour ripe fruit (nectarine, guava (feijoa), other tropical (passionfruit perhaps)). M...

Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc Clifford Bay Reserve (2008)

Winery: Villa Maria Estate Ltd
Region: New Zealand » Marlborough
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Type: Table Wines
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timbw

Superb wine - very classy.

Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc Cellar Selection (2007)

Winery: Villa Maria Estate Ltd
Region: New Zealand » Marlborough
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Type: Table Wines
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Philip

Grassy nose, but not overpowering. Nice citrus there too. Very crisp and acidic on the attack, citrus and grass, but way less grass than some i've had. Some minerality of the finish. I liked it as it wasnt too grassy compared to some

Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc Cellar Selection (2007)

Winery: Villa Maria Estate Ltd
Region: New Zealand » Marlborough
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Type: Table Wines
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timbw

Gooseberry and passionfruit characters dominate the nose with hints of lime and nettles. The wine is mouth filling with vibrant fruit and mid palate richness, finishing rich and racy with excellent length and crispness

Villa Maria Private Bin East Coast Pinot Gris (2009)

Winery: Villa Maria Estate Ltd
Region: New Zealand » East Coast
Varietal: Pinot Grigio
Type: Table Wines
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timbw

Silver (Best in Class) - International Wines and Spirits Competition, London, 2009 Pale straw with greenish flecks; aromas are very fresh and primary, dominated by white stone fruit and baker's yeast. In the mouth this works very well with the combina...

Villa Maria Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Stelvin (2006)

Winery: Villa Maria Estate Ltd
Region: New Zealand » Marlborough
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Type: Table Wines
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aronowm2

Really good. not as good as the 2007 Villa Maria Sauvignon, plan version.

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