The Halliday Wine Companion Awards celebrate the best wines in Australia. Below you'll find Australia's top sauvignon blanc wines, along with the wine ratings awarded by the Tasting Team.
Maturation in (generally older/more neutral) oak has become a key component of many of the best examples in this category. ‘Oaked’ styles, which often show little or negligible oak flavour, continue to dominate the upper echelons here. There are six regions represented in the top 10 this year, with Terre à Terre from Wrattonbully again showing its class but, as a general statement, Margaret River still continues to produce the greatest number of excellent examples.
2025 Best Sauvignon Blanc of the Year in Australia
Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2023, Wrattonbully
97 points (PD*) | Price when tasted $35
Fermented in stainless steel tank (52 per cent) and older oak (48 per cent). Aged on full lees with no battonage. Pineapple, guava, perfectly ripe mango skin and lilikoi. Driving and elegant natural acidity and a wash of juicy tropical fruit with hints of glacé ginger and nutmeg spice. A fuzz of nettle texture and the wine finishes quite full bodied. It's a sauvignon blanc made with care, attention to detail and purity of fruit. – Shanteh Wale
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Top-rated sauvignon blanc from the 2025 Companion
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Mulline
Single Vineyard Modewarre Fumé Blanc 2023
Geelong -
Terre à Terre
Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Wrattonbully -
Gembrook Hill
Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Yarra Valley -
Gentle Folk
Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Adelaide Hills -
Mitchell Harris Wines
Sauvignon Blanc Fumé 2023
Pyrenees -
Mulline
Single Vineyard Sutherlands Creek Fumé Blanc 2023
Geelong -
Oakridge
Sauvignon 2022
Yarra Valley -
Clairault Streicker Wines
Streicker Bridgeland Block Fumé Blanc 2022
Margaret River -
Domaine A
Lady A Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Tasmania -
Domaine Naturaliste
Sauvage Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Margaret River -
Dormilona
Skinnie 2022
Margaret River -
Forester Estate
Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Margaret River -
Mayfield Vineyard
Sophie's Godmother Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Orange -
Moss Wood
Ribbon Vale Elsa 2022
Margaret River -
Moss Wood
Ribbon Vale Elsa 2023
Margaret River -
Norton Estate
Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Western Victoria Zone -
Rowlee
Single Vineyard Fumé Blanc 2023
Orange -
Stella Bella Wines
Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Margaret River -
Trait
Wooditjup Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Margaret River -
Vasse Felix
Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Margaret River
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This is an edited extract from the 2025 Halliday Wine Companion, with reviews by James Halliday, Campbell Mattinson, Dave Brookes, Jane Faulkner, Jeni Port, Marcus Ellis, Mike Bennie, Philip Rich, Shanteh Wale and Toni Paterson MW. Cover art by Vera Babida.
*Panel decision – score awarded by the Halliday Tasting Team at the annual Awards judging.
