Posted: November 30, 2021
Past vintages flowed from the Gimblett Gravels, but this stylish wine was hand-picked in the cool, elevated Riverview Vineyard. Fermented and matured for a year in French oak casks (32% new), it is mouthfilling, with vibrant, peachy, citrusy flavours, showing…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Well worth cellaring, this youthful wine was estate-grown in the cool, elevated Riverview Vineyard. Bright, light lemon/green, it is mouthfilling, with vibrant, ripe stonefruit flavours, biscuity, toasty notes adding complexity, fresh acidity, and excellent vigour and concentration. Best drinking 2022+….
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Bargain-priced, this wine was predominantly (92%) fermented in French oak barriques. Bright, light yellow/green, with a complex bouquet, it is weighty and sweet-fruited, with vigorous, ripe stonefruit and spice flavours, oak complexity, slightly smoky notes and a dry finish. Best…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Fresh and youthful, this mouthfilling, sweet-fruited wine was hand-picked, mostly in the Tuki Tuki Valley, and fermented and matured for 11 months in French oak barrels (19% new). Bright, light yellow/green, it has generous, ripe stonefruit flavours, toasty and mealy…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
This highly complex wine is already very approachable. Highly fragrant, with a hint of gunflint, it is mouthfilling and concentrated, with vigorous, ripe stonefruit flavours, finely integrated oak and a very harmonious, long finish. Best drinking 2022+. $40
Comments Off on Villa Maria Reserve Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Offering outstanding value, this very stylish wine was grown principally in the Keltern Vineyard, barrel-fermented and aged ‘sur lie’ (on its yeast lees). Bright, light yellow/green, it has excellent intensity of peachy, citrusy, gently oaked flavours, fresh acidity and a…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Very harmonious in its infancy, this refined wine was grown at three sites (the Keltern, Kokako and Lyons vineyards) and fermented and matured for 10 months in French oak barriques. Light lemon/green, with a fragrant, slightly smoky bouquet, it is…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Still extremely youthful, this wine was hand-harvested in the Keltern and Kokako vineyards and fermented and matured for 10 months in French oak barriques. Bright, light lemon/green, with a fragrant, smoky bouquet, it is weighty, vigorous and finely structured, with…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
From mature vines at Ohiti, this hand-picked, single-vineyard wine was fermented and matured for a year in French oak barriques (60% new) and egg-shaped, French oak ovums. Pale gold, it is highly fragrant, mouthfilling, rich and savoury, with concentrated, ripe…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
This classy, youthful wine was grown at two sites, in Mangatahi and Bridge Pa, and fermented and matured for nine months in French oak puncheons and barriques (partly new). Bright, light yellow/green, with a fragrant, mealy bouquet, it is mouthfilling,…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Full of potential, this single-vineyard wine was hand-harvested at Bay View and fermented with indigenous yeasts in French oak barriques (40% new). Concentrated, vigorous and youthful, with a slightly smoky bouquet, it has concentrated, ripe stonefruit flavours and a tightly…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Still very youthful, this powerful wine was grown mostly in the Tuki Tuki Valley and fermented with indigenous yeasts in French oak barrels (30% new). Fragrant, with a complex, slightly smoky bouquet, it has rich, vigorous, stonefruit and toasty oak…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Already very expressive, this pale gold wine was hand-picked and fermented and matured for 11 months in French oak casks (21% new). Fragrant, with a distinct whiff of ‘struck match’, it is highly concentrated, with fresh acidity, lively stonefruit flavours,…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
This powerful, youthful wine was fermented and matured for 11 months in French oak barrels (45% new). Bright, light yellow/green, with a fragrant, slightly smoky bouquet, it is sturdy, with highly concentrated, peachy, citrusy flavours, complex, savoury, rich and long….
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