Prophet’s Rock Central Otago Pinot Gris 2021 $35 Winemaker Paul Pujol has once again created an absolutely stunning pinot gris from fruit grown in the ‘schist-happens’ clay and chalk soils of their Rocky Point and Home vineyard in Bendigo, on some of the steepest slopes in the region. Fermented using wild, indigenous yeasts and matured … Read More
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Rockburn The Chosen Hillside Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021
Rockburn The Chosen Hillside Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021 $99 Rockburn’s Parkburn Vineyard is nestled in the rain shadow of the Pisa Range, inside that vineyard is a very special, steep, easterly site known as the Hillside. Those are the grapes that’ve been carefully selected to feature in The Chosen. Perfumed with soft red currant, … Read More
Maison Noire Teroldego Hawke’s Bay Hand Picked Single Vineyard Port 2021
Maison Noire Teroldego Hawke’s Bay Hand-Picked Single Vineyard Port 2021 $28 Teroldego is a red grape variety grown primarily in the northeastern region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy and there’s a school of thought that it may be related to Marzemino (which is grown in Hawke’s Bay by Church Road) So one could come to the … Read More
Maison Noire Hawke’s Bay Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2021
Maison Noire Hawke’s Bay Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2021 $35 The nose of this wine absolutely roars with bay leaf and bouquet garni characters, a dusting of dark cocoa, gentle, plush plums and boysenberries ahoy! Classic cabernet characters of cigar box and cedar merge with blackcurrant, dark cherry, hints of black olive and briny goodness … Read More
Maison Noire Hawke’s Bay Arneis 2022
Maison Noire Hawke’s Bay Arneis 2022 $25 Just 170 cases were made of this lusciously lemony, apple and apricot-laced, peach-packed Italian favourite made in Hawke’s Bay. Guillaume Thomas has created a juicy, multi-layered white wine with a splash of sweetness that’ll wake up even the most tired tastebuds with its nectarine and honeysuckle intensity. Hints … Read More
Forrest Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Forrest Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $25 Paired with: Annabel Langbein’s Harvest Vegetable Tart with chia oat pastry NZ Herald Canvas Nov 26 2022 Pair this farmers market in a pie with a citrus-stacked, herbaceously hefty white wine like the classic Forrest Sauvignon. Night-harvested grapes sourced from four vineyards located around Renwick in the Wairau Valley … Read More
Domain Road Defiance Bannockburn Central Otago Pinot Gris 2022
Domain Road Defiance Bannockburn Central Otago Pinot Gris 2022 $28 Paired with: Turkish Lentil Köfte by Annabel Langbein in the NZ Herald Nov 26th 2022 All those deep flavours of cumin, chilli, tomato and lemon deserve a wine with punch and pluck which is why I’m recommending this incredible, nashi, nutmeg and quince-laced wine from … Read More
Rapaura Springs Limestone Terrace Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020
Rapaura Springs Limestone Terrace Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020 $45 Grown in the seriously southern, ruggedly coastal district of Ward, these individually-numbered bottles of pinot noir all hold an exotic tension in terms of texture, they’re scented with that unmistakeable ‘fallen logs in the forest’ note, moss-covered, leaf litter, wild cherries, black tea, raspberry and a … Read More
Rapaura Springs Rohe Dillons Point Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Rapaura Springs Rohe Dillons Point Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $26 Erupting with classic bruised basil, lemongrass and passionfruity, limey layers, this is a sauvignon which will tick all the boxes for solid taste sensations Rohe means ‘territory’ in Maori, so it fits with Rapaura Springs’s philosophy of highlighting Marlbor0ugh’s sub-regions to uncover the diversity of … Read More
Melton Estate Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Melton Estate Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $22 If, like me, you love the smell of freshly-cut lawns and flame-scorched jalapenos, then this crunchy-fresh Cantabrian sauvignon has your name on it! Herbaceous, heaving with tomato stalk and smoked passionfruit characters, it’s a complex, mineral-laced example that’s got sea breeze style to it. It wil also help … Read More