Posted: April 14, 2022
Made from cabernet franc, this light pink, full-bodied wine is not highly scented, but offers very good depth of peach, strawberry, apricot and spice flavours, with a touch of tannin and a dryish finish. $25
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Posted: April 14, 2022
A wine with a real ‘Wow!’ factor, this pink/orange dessert wine was hand-picked and cool-fermented on its skins. Highly distinctive, it offers a flood of peach, strawberry and spice flavours, deliciously sweet and complex. Well worth discovering. $35
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Posted: April 14, 2022
This tightly structured, youthful wine was hand-picked and fermented with indigenous yeasts. Fresh and full-bodied, it has very good depth of citrusy, peachy, appley flavours, balanced acidity, and a dry, lingering finish. Best drinking 2023+. $27
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Pale pink, this is a cabernet franc-based rosé. Mouthfilling, it is not highly scented but offers very good depth of peach, spice and strawberry flavours, with a touch of tannin and a dryish finish. $22
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Grown in the Far North, this fresh, full-bodied wine has strong, ripe, pear-like flavours, hints of peaches and spices, and an off-dry finish. Showing good varietal character, it offers very easy drinking. $22
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Full of personality, this youthful Northland wine is full-bodied and fleshy, with strong, fresh, citrusy, slightly peachy and spicy flavours, showing excellent depth and vigour. $22
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Posted: November 30, 2021
This youthful, softly mouthfilling wine was hand-harvested at a coastal vineyard in the Far North and barrel-aged. Pale straw, it is powerful, with concentrated, ripe flavours of peaches and pears, biscuity notes adding complexity, balanced acidity and a dry, long…
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Likely to be long-lived, this Northland red was hand-harvested and matured in French oak casks (30% new). Deeply coloured, it is fragrant and mouthfilling, with concentrated, ripe, youthful flavours of plums and spices, a hint of herbs, good complexity and…
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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: April 8, 2020
Grown on Paewhenua Island, in the Far North, this lively wine has fresh, gently spicy aromas. Full of youthful vigour, it is weighty, with very good depth of pear, lychee and spice flavours and a finely textured, dryish finish. $25
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Posted: April 8, 2020
Drinking well from the start, this Far North rosé was blended from syrah and cabernet franc. Bright, light pink, it is fresh and full-bodied, with strong berry and spice flavours, a sliver of sweetness and a smooth, lively finish. $25
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Posted: December 10, 2019
Nice pear/apple varietal characters on the nose and a big weighty palate.
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Posted: May 1, 2019
From a coastal vineyard in the Far North, this freshly scented, light lemon/green wine is full-bodied and vibrantly fruity, with generous, ripe, peachy, slightly spicy flavours and a dry finish. Still youthful, it should be at its best 2020+. $24
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