Think about the last thing you spent $30, $40 or even $50 on. I bet it wasn’t half as tasty as these gloriously gluggable, grape-derived delights…
Huia Marlborough Pinot Gris 2017 $30
Get ready for a total quince-fest in every mouthful! Direct from one of New Zealand’s top organic wine producers comes a dry, texturally rich pinot gris, jam-packed with poached pear and spicy peach flavours. The first sip brings on layers of fine, grainy, tongue-tingly senses that keep you dipping back into the glass. Fresh as a daisy and intensely floral, it’s a generously proportioned pinot gris that shouts out to be savoured.
Sip with: lime-roasted pumpkin and caesar dressing.
www.huiavineyards.com
The Regent of Tantallon Limited Edition Hawke’s Bay Merlot Cabernet 2013 $40
From what was hailed as the red wine vintage of the century for Hawke’s Bay comes this silky, slinky, berry- and spice-saturated blend from fruit sourced from the Tantallon vineyard in Bridge Pa. The deep, iron-rich ‘red gravels’ inject depth and minerality to the fruit, and the wine shows vanilla, smoke, olive, and sweet cocoa characters. Super-fresh cedary oak, black fruits, and warming chocolate notes lead to peppery perkiness on the palate.
Sip with: neck chop stew and parsley dumplings.
For stockists email: fionam@wineportfolio.co.nz
Pask Declaration Gimblett Gravels Syrah 2014 $50
Glossy and gorgeous in the glass, this syrah is exactly the style that made wine pundits prick up their palates when it came to how good the Gimblett Gravels really is for this variety. The nose hits that beautiful balance of red berries, cherry, peppercorn, red rose, and violets, and the palate is ridiculously succulent and stylish. This is a fabulously feminine, smoky, seductive syrah, with a long, delicately dusty finish.
Sip with: roast venison shoulder.
www.glengarrywines.co.nz
