Posted: March 7, 2023
Full of youthful vigour, this single-vineyard, Wairau Valley wine was harvested from 23 year-old vines and handled in a 2:1 mix of stainless steel tanks and seasoned oak puncheons. Bright, light lemon/green, it is medium-bodied, with ripe, tropical fruit flavours,…
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Still very lively, this single-vineyard, estate-grown wine was fermented and matured in French oak casks. Light lemon/green, it is medium to full-bodied, with fresh, ripe, tropical fruit flavours, showing very good complexity, lively acidity and a savoury, lingering finish. Best…
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Posted: March 7, 2023
From a coastal site 70 km south of Blenheim, this is a high impact Marlborough sauvignon blanc. Bright, light lemon/green, it has strong personality, with a slightly salty streak and penetrating passionfruit/lime flavours, crisp and dry. $25 (UK, US)
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Grown in the lower Rapaura district, in the Wairau Valley, this is a full-bodied, dry wine with excellent intensity. Bright, light lemon/green, it has ripe, tropical fruit flavours of pineapple, passionfruit and lime, fresh, lively, dry and lingering. $27
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Fermented and matured in French oak barriques (mostly old), this wine is drinking well now, but still unfolding. Bright, light yellow/green, it is mouthfilling and harmonious, with concentrated, ripe, tropical fruit flavours, gently seasoned with oak, and a savoury, tightly…
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Posted: March 7, 2023
This fresh, highly aromatic wine was grown in the central Wairau Valley and Southern Valleys, and mostly handled in tanks, with some indigenous yeast fermentation in old oak barrels. Full-bodied, it is very lively, with concentrated, ripely herbaceous flavours, a…
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Showing excellent weight and harmony, this fragrant wine was fermented and matured on its full yeast lees for seven months in oak barriques. Bright yellow/green, it is mouthfilling, with deep, ripe, tropical fruit flavours, gently seasoned with nutty oak, and…
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