Waiana Estate Indian Summer Private Blend Tukituki Valley Rosé 2020

October 31, 2020By Yvonne

Waiana Estate Indian Summer Private Blend Tukituki Valley Rosé 2020 $26.99 Pale jasper-pink, this new, vegan-friendly release of Waiana Estate’s flagship rosé is a superb example of how attention to detail and a no-compromise attitude can lead to special things. From their tiny, Tukituki Valley property behind Havelock North, the Plowman family have been specialising … Read More

Waiana Estate Indian Summer Tuki Tuki Valley Rosé 2020

October 31, 2020By Yvonne

Waiana Estate Indian Summer Tukituki Valley Rosé 2020$24 If you’re yearning for Provence, yet you’ll be happy with a kiwi kick, then you’ve come to the right cul-de-sac my friend. This, the shiny, new Indian Summer, is the primary rosé blend from Waiana Estate, in Hawke’s Bay’s Tukituki Valley. It’s a deliciously dry, taut, trout-pink … Read More

Summer Sault Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2019 $25

February 6, 2020By Yvonne

Summer Sault Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2019 $25 Produced by the Plowman family of Waiana Estate from 100% cinsault grapes grown in the Tuki Tuki Valley, this Provence-style rosé has been shepherded into the bottle by the freakishly talented Dave McKee of Black Barn fame.  Boasting a demurely pale, rose-gold, coral and apricot colour, hints of … Read More

Waiana Estate Indian Summer Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2019

November 10, 2019By Yvonne

Waiana Estate Indian Summer Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2019 $20 If you closed your eyes in the moment you lift the glass to your nose, you’d almost smell the Mediterranean Sea.  A hint of crushed oyster shells, splashed with watermelon, raspberry and the juice of wild cherries blended with pink peppercorns assails the senses.  Grown by … Read More

Waiana Estate Indian Summer Private Blend Hawke’s Bay Rosé

February 8, 2019By Yvonne

Waiana Estate Indian Summer Private Blend Hawke’s Bay Rosé $35 This is the flagship rosé from the Plowman family and their Waiana Estate winemaking team.  A step beyond their Indian Summer and Summer Sault rosés, this classically dry, Provençale style is crafted from a blend of Tukituki Valley-grown merlot and cinsault which has been left, post-ferment … Read More

Waiana Estate Summer Sault Hawke’s Bay Rosé

February 7, 2019By Yvonne

Waiana Estate Summer Sault Hawke’s Bay Rosé $26.99  Named in homage to Cinsault, the principal grape used in a style that absolutely screams “South of France”, this rosé carries a serious caboose of character around with it.  Weightier and showing more generosity than its little sister, the Indian Summer,  this Tukituki Valley-grown groover heaves with … Read More

Waiana Estate Indian Summer Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2018 $21.99

January 3, 2019By Yvonne

Dry, dry, deliciously dry! Yet don’t be expecting anything subtle with this new release, because it has a nose erupting with vanilla, creaming soda, citrus and wild strawberries and all these things crash through onto the palate and leave you with a palate-exfoliatingly fresh mouthfeel and the unshakeable desire to keep on sipping. Produced by … Read More