Posted: April 4, 2017
Full of youthful impact, this is a medium style of riesling (23 grams/litre residual sugar) with fresh lemon/lime flavours, showing good intensity and vigour, a lovely sugar/acid balance, and a long finish. Already approachable, it’s a tightly structured wine, well…
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Posted: April 4, 2017
Still very youthful, this deeply coloured red was estate-grown at Lowburn, barrel-matured for a year, and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Mouthfilling and supple, it has concentrated, ripe plum, cherry and spice flavours, with finely integrated oak adding complexity, and obvious…
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Posted: April 4, 2017
This classy rosé was hand-harvested and partly (10%) handled in old barrels. Bright pink, it is buoyantly fruity, with rich, yet delicate, strawberry and peach flavours, hints of apricots and spices, lively acidity, and loads of charm.
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Posted: April 4, 2017
Deliciously pure and sweet-fruited, this classy, youthful wine was grown at Dillons Point, in the lower Wairau Valley. Pale and mouthfilling, it is weighty, with melon, grapefruit and lime flavours that build across the palate to a powerful finish. A…
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Posted: April 4, 2017
Likely to be long-lived, this dark, powerful, concentrated red was matured for a year in French oak casks (40% new). Sturdy and sweet-fruited, it is still youthful, with dense blackcurrant, plum and black pepper flavours, finely structured tannins, and a…
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Posted: April 4, 2017
If you like Alsace pinot gris, try this beauty. Instantly engaging, it is fragrant and full-bodied (14.5% alc/vol), in a rich, ripe, slightly sweet style with lovely depth of peach, pear and spice flavours. Slightly honeyed, with complexity from some…
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Posted: April 4, 2017
This powerful, complex wine offers great value. Hand-harvested and barrel-fermented with indigenous yeasts, it has a highly fragrant, smoky bouquet, leading into a full-bodied wine with concentrated, ripe, grapefruit-like flavours, gently seasoned with biscuity, toasty oak. Creamy-textured, with a long,…
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Posted: April 4, 2017
Still very youthful, this powerful, concentrated red was estate-grown in Redstone Vineyard, in the Bridge Pa Triangle, and French oak-aged for 18 months. Bold and youthful in colour, it is sturdy (14.5% alc/vol), with dense, ripe blackcurrant, plum and spice…
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Posted: April 4, 2017
Freshly scented, lively and tangy, this medium-bodied wine has intense lemon/lime flavours, a minerally streak and a finely poised, dryish, very long finish. Full of personality and potential, it’s certified organic.
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Posted: April 4, 2017
Looking for something completely different, made by ancient techniques? This amber-hued pinot gris, made with indigenous yeast fermentation and prolonged skin maceration, was barrique-aged for over a year, and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Mouthfilling, it shows good complexity, with strong…
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