You’ve spent the week working hard to be all things to all people. Maintaining through the demands of family, friends, your workplace and those pesky SocMed platforms that’ll forget you in a click if you don’t ‘like’, ‘share’, ‘regram’, ‘retweet’ or ‘snap’ something every seven minutes. Good wine doesn’t care. It always has your back. … Read More
Author: Yvonne
Greystone Waipara Rose 2014 $25.50
Located at the foot of the Teviotdale Hills on the western side of the Waipara Valley is a series of fossil-studded vineyard slopes known as “the golden mile”. The pinot noir used to make this rose grows here. 100% clone 115 grapes are handpicked, gently pressed and put to barrel to be fermented in barrels … Read More
Bladen Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 $21
The thing that I really like about this wine is that it doesn’t have any thing OTT about it. All the citrus layers of lemon, lime and feijoa are contained in layers of sweet, grassy goodness. Elegant and herbaceous, it’s a wine that Christine and Dave MacDonald have done themselves proud with this snazzy, pea-pod … Read More
Matetic Corralillo Chardonnay 2013 $25
Sourced from the region of Rosario in Chiles San Antonio Valley this chardonnay grows in decomposed granite soils studded with quartz and volcanic material; which probably explains the vein of minerality stitching the stonefruit, yellow plum and slivers of grapefruit together. Pronounced ‘matt – eh – cheech’, it’s nutty, slightly creamy on the finish, and … Read More
Canvas column week commencing 16th April, 2016
We are getting seriously southern this week, from South America to Southern Sauvignon, to a pink that’s been aged in the drink. It’s a smorgasbord of cool treats… Matetic Corralillo Chardonnay 2013 $25 Sourced from the region of Rosario in Chiles San Antonio Valley this chardonnay grows in decomposed granite soils studded with quartz … Read More
Ma Maison Martinborough Chardonnay 2014
Ma Maison Martinborough Chardonnay 2014 $45 Wellington-based dentist-by-trade Edward Leung has worked incredibly hard to produce small amounts of high quality chardonnay from his How on earth winemaker Wendy Potts manages to inject layers of crème caramel, roast nectarine, cinnamon and juicy, grilled grapefruit into this wine I’ll never know. She’ll tell you it’s all … Read More
Wairau River Marlborough Chardonnay 2014 $20
Gently juicy, peachy, zesty grapefruity goodness, followed by beautifully balanced tropical tautness and punchy acidity are all bunched up into a quadratic equation of excellence in this cracker of a wine. The Rose family behind the Wairau River business are all in this thing, every one of them – and the wines keep getting better. … Read More
Craggy Range Gimblet Gravels Chardonnay 2015 $31.95
This is a sexy example of how restraint can be applied to quality Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay fruit. People assume that because a wine is from the rockstar region of the Gimblett Gravels that it’s going to be a monster. Yet this wine proves the opposite is just as impressive. It shows really artistry at play, … Read More
Canvas column week commencing 23rd April, 2016
Looking at these three chardonnays side by side is like looking at the Solid Gold Dancers when they’re striking their end pose. Legs encased in golden tights, tanned, sinewy arms reaching skyward and happily toothsome, fruity expressions underneath a froth of big hair… Craggy Range Gimblet Gravels Chardonnay 2015 $31.95 This is a sexy … Read More
Domaine Mas Theo Rosé 2014 $20
After several generations of being grape growers, it took until 1999 for Laurent Clapier to become the first winemaker in the family to take over the Domaine. Located in the middle of the Drôme Provençale, the property has been certified organic since 2007 and certified biodynamic since 2011. This 50/50 grenache & syrah-blended rosé has … Read More