2021 Lawson's Dry Hills Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough New Zealand 750 ml

Lawson’s Dry Hills is our highest rated New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc—but despite our members’ enthusiasm, it will never be our top seller. There’s simply not enough of it to go around. In fact, we weren’t able to offer it in the last vintage—the 2020 growing season was especially parsimonious—making this edition extra special.

From the 2021 season that Master of Wine and doyenne of British wine critics Jancis Robinson called “perfectly formed”—before warning of “likely shortages” due to another small crop—it’s everything we want from New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. And it comes for an incredible price.

That unparalleled value is a blessing and a curse for American wine lovers. Because once South Island locals and Southern Hemisphere critics have their fill, there’s seldom any left for anyone else. When there is, we jump on it—which is why we advise our members to do the same.

While not a household name in the US, Lawson’s Dry Hills is in the Family of Twelve, a consortium of top-tier family-owned New Zealand estates like Craggy Range, Villa Maria, and Nautilus. Their winemaker is the worldly Marcus Wright, who’s made wine on three continents: He went to Chile before sharpening his Sauvignon Blanc skills in the Loire under the watchful eye of legendary Bordeaux (and now global) vintner Jacques Lurton. Marcus has been with Lawson’s Dry Hills since 2000, right around when they first snuck into the US market and started earning their stellar reputation.

We know that our Lawson’s Dry Hills fans will be all over this from the start. And we’re sure everyone else—fans of Tinpot Hut, Craggy Range, and all mouthwatering Sauvignon Blancs—will love it too.