Posted: March 7, 2023
Estate-grown at Te Muna, this deeply coloured red was hand-picked and matured for 10 months in seasoned French oak barrels. Mouthfilling, it has concentrated, vibrant cherry, plum and spice flavours, gently seasoned with oak, savoury notes adding complexity, fresh acidity…
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Still very youthful, this attractively scented wine was estate-grown and hand-harvested. Pale and light-bodied, it has strong, vigorous lemon/apple flavours, with fractional sweetness finely balanced by crisp, appetising acidity. Best drinking 2024+. $35
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Invitingly scented, this medium to full-bodied wine was hand-picked in local growers’ vineyards and fermented in seasoned French oak barriques. Light lemon/green, it has generous, peachy, spicy flavours, showing considerable complexity, and a soft, dryish finish. It’s drinking well now….
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Creamy-textured and savoury, this single-vineyard wine was fermented and matured for a year in French oak barrels (15% new). Mouthfilling and sweet-fruited, it is youthful, with strong, ripe, stonefruit flavours, gently seasoned with toasty oak, very good complexity and fresh,…
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Drinking well in its youth, this wine was made from local growers’ grapes. Light lemon/green, it is fresh and lively, in a medium-bodied style with tropical fruit flavours to the fore, gentle herbal notes, crisp acidity and very good depth….
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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: July 21, 2022
This vigorous, very youthful wine was estate-grown and hand-picked. Bright, light lemon/green, it is light-bodied, with fresh, citrusy, slightly appley flavours, showing excellent delicacy and intensity, a sliver of sweetness balanced by mouth-watering acidity, and a finely balanced, lingering finish….
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Drinking well now, but still unfolding, this estate-grown wine was fermented and lees-aged for a year in seasoned French oak barrels. Bright, light yellow/green, it is a characterful, full-bodied wine with strong, ripely herbaceous flavours, nutty, savoury characters adding very…
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