Earthsong, Dillon's Point Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand, 2025

Producer Profile

Earthsong is a New Zealand project from the team behind Thistledown Wines in South Australia, created to express the purity, texture and vibrancy of Marlborough.

With a deep connection to place, the focus is on single‑vineyard wines that reflect the character of their sites across the Riverlands, Dillons Point and the Southern Valleys. The original Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc from Dillons Point established the Earthsong style: tropical intensity, saline freshness and a vivid sense of place, all shaped by a sustainably accredited vineyard and a winemaking approach centred on precision and purity. Legato Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc offers a more textural, harmonious expression, showing layered fruit and a softer, more nuanced balance that highlights another facet of Marlborough’s terroir. The Southern Valleys Single Vineyard Pinot Noir extends the range into red wine, drawing on clay‑rich slopes that naturally deliver depth, structure and darker fruit. Its fine tannins and restrained power show Marlborough’s ability to produce Pinot Noir with both vibrancy and poise. Across the range, sustainability is central, aligned with Sustainable Winegrowing NZ™ standards. Winemaking remains minimal and focused, aiming to capture each vineyard’s character with clarity, balance and respect for the land.

Viticulture

Sourced from one, regeneratively farmed vineyard in the renowned Dillon’s Point area of the lower Wairau. The vineyard is not tilled, extensive cover crops are used and sheep are run in the vineyard over winter to provide nutrients. During the growing season, vines are shoot thinned to provide ideal fruit exposure and ripeness. Proximity to the ocean provides night time cooling which helps to preserve the crisp acids and brininess.

Winemaking

Fruit is the star of the show here so winemaking is relatively simple. Machine harvested cool to preserve freshness. Fermented in tank and matured on fine lees in tank until bottling.

Tasting Note

Dillon’s Point is renowned for producing Sauvignon Blancs with tropical fruit notes and passion fruit to the fore. There are hints of blackcurrant and grapefruit too. The palate is rich, bright and zesty with a slight briny tang. This wine has real intensity of fruit, with a lovely crisp, mineral finish.

Food matching

Sushi and sashimi, seafood-based steamed and fried dim sum.