Posted: September 3, 2022
This highly drinkable North Canterbury red was barrel-aged for over a year. Full, bright ruby, it is full-bodied and supple, with berryish, spicy, nutty flavours, a hint of herbs, and very good complexity and depth. $32
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Delicious young, this is a full-bodied riesling. Bright, light yellow/green, with a vaguely honeyed bouquet, it has rich peach and passionfruit flavours, in a medium style with fresh, appetising acidity, and excellent depth and harmony. $28
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Still youthful, this hand-harvested red was matured for 10 months in seasoned oak barrels. Deep ruby, it is mouthfilling, savoury and supple, with fresh, strong cherry, plum and spice flavours, showing excellent complexity. Best drinking 2024+. $40
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Full of personality, this golden wine was harvested in May with raisining and a 20% ‘noble rot’ infection. Fermented in old oak barrels, it is weighty, concentrated and complex, with sweet, peachy, spicy, gently honeyed flavours, showing a slightly oily…
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Posted: September 3, 2022
This finely crafted wine is already delicious, but ageworthy too. Hand-harvested and fermented with indigenous yeasts in seasoned oak barrels, it is fragrant and full-bodied, with lovely vigour and depth of fresh, peachy, citrusy flavours, complex and savoury, and a…
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Posted: December 3, 2021
This youthful North Canterbury red was estate-grown, hand-picked and matured for over a year in seasoned oak barrels. Full-coloured, it is fragrant and mouthfilling, with strong berry, plum, spice and herb flavours, savoury notes adding complexity and gentle tannins. Best…
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Posted: December 3, 2021
This attractive North Canterbury red was matured for 10 months in seasoned oak barrels. Bright ruby, it is a refined, savoury wine, mouthfilling and supple, with youthful, ripe cherry, plum and spice flavours, a hint of herbs, good complexity and…
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Posted: December 3, 2021
This distinctive, delicious North Canterbury wine was made from late-picked, raisined berries, with 10% ‘noble rot’ infection, and slow-fermented in seasoned oak barrels. Golden, with a perfumed, spicy, gently honeyed bouquet, it is weighty, with fresh acidity and rich, peachy,…
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Posted: December 3, 2021
This estate-grown, richly varietal North Canterbury wine was partly oak-aged. Bright, light lemon/green, it is enticingly perfumed and weighty, with strong, ripe peach, lychee and spice flavours, showing a distinct touch of complexity, and a dryish, well-rounded finish. $28
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Posted: December 3, 2021
A subtle, satisfying style of sauvignon blanc. Fresh and vibrantly fruity, with restrained aromas, it is full-bodied and sweet-fruited, with ripe passionfruit/lime flavours that build well across the palate to a crisp, dry, lingering finish. $28
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Showing good density, this North Canterbury red was hand-picked from mature vines and barrel-aged for over a year. Full-coloured, it is fresh and full-bodied, with generous, plummy, spicy, slightly nutty flavours, savoury notes adding complexity and a finely structured, smooth…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
This ageworthy red was hand-harvested and barrel-aged for a year. Deep ruby, with a hint of development, it has generous cherry, plum and spice flavours, showing good complexity, and a moderately firm finish. Best drinking 2021+. $37
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Invitingly perfumed, this ruby hued, medium-bodied North Canterbury red is strongly varietal, with moderately youthful, cherryish, spicy flavours. Silky-textured, it has fresh acidity, very good complexity and lots of early-drinking appeal. $37
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Highly perfumed, this fresh, weighty, youthful wine was tank-fermented and briefly lees-aged. Made in a dryish style, it has concentrated, ripe peach, lychee and spice flavours, a hint of ginger, a touch of complexity, and lovely depth and harmony. Best…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
This distinctive, pale gold wine was fermented with indigenous yeasts in seasoned oak barrels. A ‘full-on’ style, it is weighty and sweet-fruited, with strong, ripe stonefruit flavours, vaguely honeyed notes, fresh acidity, and lots of drink-young appeal. $30
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Posted: December 10, 2019
Still youthful, this barrel-fermented wine has a slightly creamy, buttery fragrance. Full-bodied, with peachy, slightly spicy and biscuity flavours, and finely balanced acidity, it shows considerable complexity, with a rounded finish. $29
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Posted: December 10, 2019
Instantly appealing, this is a rich, medium style. Attractively scented, it has strong, citrusy, peachy, slightly appley flavours, showing good delicacy, and a lovely balance of sweetness and mouth-watering acidity. Drink now or cellar. $26
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Posted: December 10, 2019
This very ageworthy red was estate-grown, hand-picked and matured for over a year in seasoned oak barrels. Deeply coloured, it is fragrant and full-bodied, with strong, youthful cherry, plum and spice flavours, finely balanced tannins and very good complexity. Best…
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Posted: November 7, 2018
Still youthful, this North Canterbury wine is finely textured and perfumed. Weighty, with ripe, citrusy, spicy flavours, showing a touch of complexity, and excellent depth, it should be at its best 2020+. $26
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Posted: November 7, 2018
Richly scented, with a citrusy, slightly honeyed bouquet, this is a medium-bodied, gently sweet style. Peachy and citrusy, with a hint of passionfruit, balanced acidity and excellent intensity, it should blossom with cellaring; open 2020+. $26
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Posted: November 7, 2018
Here’s proof that you can make excellent merlot in the South Island. Hand-picked from 20 year-old vines and barrel-aged for over a year, it has deep, moderately youthful colour. Sturdy, it’s a powerful wine with well-ripened plum, red berry and…
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Posted: April 20, 2017
Maturing well, this is a distinctly medium style, with strong, ripe citrus, passionfruit and lime flavours, a vague hint of honey, balanced acidity and good harmony. Drink now or cellar. $27
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Posted: April 20, 2017
Showing strong personality, this is an exotically perfumed, complex, intensely varietal wine, full-bodied, with an oily texture and concentrated, peachy, gingery, spicy flavours, dryish, rounded and rich. $27
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Light lemon/green, this youthful, medium-bodied wine is a slightly sweet style, with good depth of ripe, citrusy, limey flavours, hints of peaches and passionfruit, fresh acidity and a tight finish. Best drinking mid-2017+. $26
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Delicious young, this estate-grown red was matured for a year in seasoned French oak casks. Fragrant and full-coloured, it is mouthfilling, with fine-grained tannins and a strong surge of fresh plum/blackcurrant flavours. Best drinking mid-2017+. $30
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Posted: April 5, 2017
‘Serious’ but delicious, this estate-grown wine was made from pinot noir grapes. Pale pink, it is full-bodied, with excellent depth of fresh strawberry, peach, spice and apricot flavours, a sliver of sweetness, gentle tannins and plenty of personality. $26
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Fragrant, with a slightly buttery bouquet, this is a high-flavoured, sweet-fruited wine, barrel-fermented and given a full, softening malolactic fermentation. Mouthfilling, with generous, peachy, slightly spicy and mealy flavours, a hint of butterscotch and good complexity, it is well worth…
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