When a wine wins a ‘Pure Gold’ medal at the Air NZ Wine Awards, it means it’s consistently scored more than the minimum gold score of 55.5/60. One sip and you’ll see why this wine’s done exactly that. Saturated with dark plum and concentrated berryfruit, complex savoury spices and cigar box complexity on the palate, this is a dense, robust red that’s drinking deliciously now but will reward another year of six in the cellar. Luscious with rich, meaty lasagne.