Posted: April 14, 2022
Designed for cellaring, this densely coloured, purple-flushed red was matured for two years in French and American oak casks. Still fresh and lively, it is bold, with concentrated blackcurrant, red berry, plum and spice flavours, balanced acidity and buried tannins….
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Posted: December 3, 2021
Dark inky wine with bold black and blue fruits, herbal hints, peppery notes and superfine tannins. “Serve with a spoon!”
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A big nose – smells of licorice and cigar boxes. Huge tannic palate with interesting stonefruit texture and astringency.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
From a variety that is well known in south-west France and Uruguay, this Northland red was hand-picked and matured in French oak casks (30% new). Powerful, with dark, bold, purple-flushed colour, it is densely packed, with plum, spice and liquorice…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Great example with an incredibly deep colour, a chocolaty/spicy dark fruit bouquet and loads of mouth puckering tannins on the young lively palate. Will cellar well.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
A rich brooding wine with a beautiful ruby hue and purple highlights. It has an inky earthy plum nose and a grippy tannic palate with spicy licorice flavours. 5+
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Posted: April 24, 2020
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Posted: May 1, 2019
A big rich dense wine with excellent, slightly stewed, varietal fruit characters layered with leathery-like complexity. “Love the flavour delivery,” said one judge.
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Posted: November 7, 2018
A big tannic wine with a licorice-like complexity to the nose with a dash of pepper. Palate has good level of fruit to support the tannins. 3-5
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Posted: November 7, 2018
Very peppery nose with rich black fruit aromas underneath. A big but balanced palate with peppery red fruit flavours. A tad one dimensional but still a great wine. 3-5
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Posted: June 16, 2017
Champion wine of show. Soaked plums, aniseed. Deep red / purple tones. Rich, bouncy, fat like berry compote. Well structured. Very good.
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