Decibel Testify Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2022 $44 Gloriously golden in the glass this is a creamy, nutty, roast nectarine-scented chardonnay that’s the result of blending fruit from Te Awanga fruit with vineyards inland. 100% barrel fermented, it’s a style that’s easy, fleshy, softly peachy and dangerously drinkable. There’s a seam of minerality rolling through the … Read More
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Decibel Giunta Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Decibel Giunta Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $20 Named in homage to the surname of owner/winemaker Daniel Brennan’s Sicilian great grandparents, it’s a lemongrass-scented style with apple and soft passionfruit flavours, green herbs, pineapple and a lick of lemonade on the finish. Chill it right down to accentuate the florals. Easy and soft. Decibel Wines
Palliser Estate Martinborough Rosé 2023
Palliser Estate Martinborough Rosé 2023 $35 Crafted from 100% pinot noir grown in vineyards currently under conversion to organics, this pale apricot-hued rosé is perfumed with creaming soda and white raspberry, soft watermelon and Jazz apple notes. Clean, juicy and richly structured, it’s a generously dry style, elegantly structured, vibrant and shows lovely energy on … Read More
Palliser Estate Martinborough Pinot Gris 2023
Palliser Estate Martinborough Pinot Gris 2023 $32 Golden in the glass and shiny-bright, it’s scented with soft, green pear, Golden Delicious apples and hints of nutmeg. In the mouth, it’s clean and fruity, dry with a hint of rich nashi and shows a good mid-palate texture, weight and length. Palliser Estate
Palliser Estate Martinborough Riesling 2023
Palliser Estate Martinborough Riesling 2023 $32 Sourced from vineyards that are currently under conversion to organic, this riesling roars with green apple perfume, lime blossom, honey-drizzled mandarin and lemon zest. In the mouth, those characters replicate into refreshingly zesty flavours, crunchy-crisp textures, a rich, dry, vein of minerality zig-zags across your chops and add to … Read More
Palliser Estate Martinborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Palliser Estate Martinborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $30 Get ready for a tasty punch in the chops from this new release by Palliser Estate. Superjuicy, crammed with citrus, herbaceousness and tropictastic-ness, it’s a generous, beautifully balanced sauvignon with a spark all of its own. Loaded with lemongrassy, basil-boosted aromas, a palate saturated with soft peach and … Read More
Carrick Josephine Organic Central Otago Riesling 2023
Carrick Josephine Organic Central Otago Riesling 2023 $29-$42 The famous knot design on the Carrick label is also known as the Josephine knot, the carrick bend, the sailor’s knot, the Chinese knot, and the Celtic knot. It’s a useful and elegant plait with origins have been traced back to the 700s AD. Yet while the … Read More
Carrick Organic Central Otago Rosé 2023
Carrick Organic Central Otago Rosé 2023 $36 Zesty-dry and roaring with peppered redcurrant, soft raspberry and apple muffin aromatics, this weighty, willful rosé has extra complexity from barrel fermentation and has more depth and cling in terms of its textures than other recent vintages. Refreshing, taut and showing great mineral-laced tension, it’s a spice-driven style … Read More
Carrick Organic Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Carrick Organic Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $28 I’d expect nothing less than a fun and funky sauvignon from winemaker Rosie Menzies and that’s exactly what she’s delivered in this handpicked, wild-fermented, barrel-and-tank-matured vintage. It has rich lemongrass, dried herb, preserved lemon layers, a burst of bruised basil, and some stylish gooseberry and green apple … Read More
Huntress Waikoa 2023
Huntress Waikoa 2023 $40 Winemaker Jannine Rickards has created a deeply complex and deliciously drinkable blend of 60% riesling and 40% sauvignon blanc from fruit grown in Martinborough’s ‘Grava’ vineyards. And if you thought that a sauvignon/riesling blend was going to be all light and floral and flouncy then you can skate right out of … Read More