Posted: April 14, 2022
This very youthful, single-vineyard red includes a minor portion of cabernet sauvignon (10%). Full-coloured, it is mouthfilling, with concentrated, ripe flavours of plums and spices, oak-aging complexity, fresh acidity and firm tannins beneath. A vigorous, savoury wine, it’s well worth…
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April 14, 2022
Posted: November 30, 2021
Already enjoyable, but well worth cellaring, this deep ruby red was hand-picked at Havelock North. Fresh, full-bodied and supple, it has generous, ripe plum and spice flavours, savoury notes adding complexity and obvious potential. Best drinking 2022+. $39
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November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Unfolding well, this ‘Mosel style’ wine was harvested from 25 year-old vines at Havelock North. Light-bodied (8.5% alc/vol), it is vivacious, with a delicious interplay of sweetness and acidity, very good intensity of citrusy, appley flavours, and complex, bottle-aged notes…
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November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
This classy, youthful wine was hand-harvested at Havelock North and in the Tuki Tuki Valley, and fermented and matured for 11 months in oak barrels (20% new). Bright, light yellow/green, it is fragrant and mouthfilling, with strong peach and grapefruit…
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November 30, 2021
Posted: April 8, 2020
Full of drink-young charm, this wine was hand-picked in the hills of Havelock North and stop-fermented in a light-bodied (8.5% alc/vol), distinctly medium style. Fresh and vibrant, it has moderate acidity, good delicacy and strong, lemony, appley, slightly peachy flavours….
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April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Delicious young, this merlot-based rosé is a “dry Provence style”. Hand-picked in the Havelock North hills, it is pink/pale orange, with strong, peachy, strawberryish, spicy flavours, showing a distinct touch of complexity, finely balanced acidity and a dry finish. $23
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April 8, 2020
Posted: July 3, 2019
Named after co-founder Concetta Lombardi, this ageworthy Hawke’s Bay blend of sangiovese (60%) and montepulciano (40%) was oak-aged for three years. Full-coloured, with a fragrant, fresh, spicy bouquet, it is sturdy, youthful and vibrant, with deep, well-ripened blackcurrant, plum, spice…
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July 3, 2019
Posted: April 4, 2017
A wine with citrussy fruit, creamy oak, zesty acidity and good use of phenolics.
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April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A crème brulee of a nose with a very textural palate that has excellent concentration of brown lime flavours.
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April 4, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
Fragrant and sweet-fruited, with youthful, ripely herbaceous flavours, a very subtle seasoning of oak and good length.
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April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
Good all-purpose wine, grown in the Havelock Hills. Medium-bodied, with pear and gentle spice flavours, fresh, crisp and lively.
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April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
Still youthful, this fresh, citrusy, strongly oak-influenced wine shows good concentration and complexity, with a rich, rounded finish.
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April 3, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
This scented, citrusy sparkling, from chardonnay grapes hand-picked in the Havelock Hills, was disgorged after nearly four years on its yeast lees. Showing considerable complexity, it is yeasty, very crisp and lively.
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April 3, 2017