Csányi Teleki Válogatás Villány Olaszrizling 2024 One of Hungary’s most popular wine grape varieties, Olaszrizling is responsible for producing loads of different styles, mostly on the light, zesty, citrus-forward spectrum. Known internationally as Welschriesling, and despite its name’s reference to Riesling, it’s not related to Riesling. I know. Confusing much? “Olasz” translates to “Italian” in … Read More
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Le Grá Cut Cane Wairarapa Merlot 2023
Le Grá Cut Cane Wairarapa Merlot 2023 $67 Crafted in an experimental ‘Amarone’ style, the team at Le Grá have cut the grapevine canes, which denies the ripe berries access to water and nutrition, so they naturally begin to shrivel, concentrating the sugars and creating a really unusual style of merlot. Aromatically it’s a different … Read More
Lateral Gibbston Valley Pinot Noir 2022
Lateral Gibbston Valley Pinot Noir 2022 $40 Crafted by Austin Black and Pip Battley are the talented twosome behind this punchy, plucky pinot noir. Slightly unusual in that it comes in a Bordeaux bottle, but nothing unusual about its classic Gibbston Valley vavoom. Stacked with ripe rhubarb, dark cherry, bright berries, black tea and complex … Read More
Le Grá Wairarapa Sparkling Cuvée 2024
Le Grá Wairarapa Sparkling Cuvée 2024 $47 Brian and Nicky Geary have blended a parcel of their Sauvignon Blanc with a hefty splash of skin-fermented Pinot Gris and put the wine through a method traditionnelle fermentation to create a uniquely herbaceous, citrus-stacked style of sparkler that’ll get any party started. Le Grá
Alta Alella Privat Brut Nature Organic Cava Rosé 2021
Alta Alella Privat Brut Nature Organic Cava Rosé 2021 $40 Entering its mature phase, this wine is organically certified and crafted from monastrell (or mataro) grapes grown in sauló (sandy-granitic) soils in Catalonia, just south of Barcelona. In fact, Alta Alella is the closest winery to the city. It’s an attractively dry, minerally, spicy, chalky … Read More
Folding Hill Orchard Block Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021
Folding Hill Orchard Block Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021 $65 Named after the western boundary of the vineyard, which happens to be an orchard of cider apple trees and the most sheltered spot on the vineyard site. It’s a super-stylish example and more intensely aromatic and textural than the previous vintage. An extended 18-month maturation … Read More
Four Daughters Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Four Daughters Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 Lemongrass and bruised basil merge with classic cut grass and white pepper characters on the nose. Fresh and yet showing a smoky undertone on the nose and palate and finishing with a ripe lemon and passionfruit punchiness. Uncomplicated and fruity.
Schubert Martinborough Rose 2023
Schubert Martinborough Rose 2023 $39 Crafted from 100% Pinot Noir grown in Kai Schubert’s tiny wee vineyard in central Martinborough, this limited edition rosé is the cutest colour of freshly filleted trout and has lifted aromatics of pink peppercorn, white strawberry, quince, quartzy minerality and redcurrant and soft raspberry. All those delicious things osmose across … Read More
Soljans Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Soljans Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $25 Erupting with bright passionfruit, lemonade, lime zest, bright peach and buckets of fresh green herbs and plucky peapod notes, this Sauvignon Blanc is classic sunshine in a bottle stuff. Gentle, juicy, cleansing and citrus-stacked, it’s tropic-tastic to sip. Soljans Estate
Whitehaven Marlborough Pinot Gris 2023
Whitehaven Marlborough Pinot Gris 2023 $25 Deliciously dry yet erupting with punchy pear, fresh quince and nashi notes laced with white pepper, spiced peach and gentle acidity make this a fresh, approachable and cleansing sip. Whitehaven