Zilzie Regional Collection Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Incredibly harmonious in its combination of florals, bay, tobacco, freshly cut black doris plums, dark cherry, anise, soft pepper, sarsparilla, stretchy tannins, warm yet juicy and fresh on the mid palate. A lovely, lifted, soothing sip. Delicious.
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Bushmere Estate Gisborne Classic Chardonnay 2017
Bushmere Estate Gisborne Classic Chardonnay 2017 $25 Creamy peach and soft grapefruit flavours abound in this Gisborne classic style of chardonnay. Not overly oaky or buttery, just a smooth, silky, super-easy, crowd-pleaser chardonnay with a tropical finish. www.bushmere.com
Horizons Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017
Horizons Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017 $44 This pinot has a burst of natural fruit sweetness, buckets of spice and it’s awash with cherry and redcurrant, wild strawberry and it’s stitched together with rhubarb. Plush and plummy, it has a unique style and personality. For stockists visit www.rtwines.co.nz
Wild Waves Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2018
Wild Waves Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2018 $21 Soft herbal notes, lemon zest and passionfruit and lime – that’s what you’re going to get in this wine. Texturally it’s a slippery number, ticks boxes, won’t rock the world, but gives refreshment and quench to your palate. Chill it right down and serve it with fish and … Read More
Riptide Waitaki Dry Riesling 2018
Riptide Waitaki Dry Riesling 2018 $30 If you’re looking for a ‘wham bam thank you maam, fruit-fest of a riesling, then you’ve come to the wrong place here. Winemaker Renan Theilloux has gone against the grain, creating a style that has beautiful boniness, minerality and succulence while keeping its structure from being whole-cluster fermented in … Read More
Wild Waves Gisborne Chardonnay 2017
Wild Waves Gisborne Chardonnay 2017 $21 French winemakers Renan Theilloux and Aurélien Mansuy have thrown themselves into making the Wild Waves range of wines, a brand dedicated to their winemaking adventures over oceans, in distant lands before they set roots down in New Zealand. This chardonnay has all those good Gisborne signatures such as ripe … Read More
Bald Hills Kirameki Central Otago Pinot Gris 2017
Bald Hills Kirameki Central Otago Pinot Gris 2017 $30 Kirameki is a Japanese word for ‘sparkle’, ‘glint’, ‘glitter’ or ‘glow’ and the good folk at Bald Hills felt it was a great way to describe the rocks that line the Northern tip pinot gris vineyard which sits high up in Gibbston Valley. It’s a style … Read More
Coal Pit Central Otago Rosé 2019
Coal Pit Central Otago Rosé 2019 $31 Crafted from 100% pinot noir grown in Gibbston, this rich, rockstar of a rosé wiggles across the stage in its slippery lycra trousers and leaves a trail of spiciness in its wake. It’s the kind of style that makes you crack a huge smile and go for a … Read More
Bald Hills Friends and Lovers Central Otago Rosé 2019
Bald Hills Friends and Lovers Central Otago Rosé 2019 $30 Crafted from two clones of hand-harvested, whole bunch pressed and cool-fermented pinot noir (Abel and 115) and showing gutsy raspberry, cherry and creaming soda, it’s a style that’ll bring the grins and satisfied slurps and have you longing for lashings of smoked salmon and sriracha … Read More
de la terre Reserve Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2016
de la terre Reserve Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2016 $40 Ex- Church Road winemaker Tony Prichard has sourced the fruit for this beautifully balanced blockbuster from his tiny, Hill Country Estate vineyard, up on Te Mata Peak. The super-ripe, ultra-clean grapes were 100% handpicked and 100% barrel fermented with a mixture of wild and inoculated yeasts … Read More