Trinity Hill ‘The Trinity’ Hawke’s Bay Red Blend 2017 $22 Comprised of 66% cabernet franc and 34% cabernet sauvignon sourced from Trinity Hill’s Gimblett Stones, Tin Shed and Gimblett Estate vineyards, this ‘Trinity’ is a doozie. A ‘doozie’ (if unaccustomed to that particular linguistic crumb) is otherwise known as a ‘ripsnorter’, a ‘humdinger’ a ‘whopper’ … Read More
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Trinity Hill Lost Garden Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2019
Trinity Hill Lost Garden Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2019 $29.95 This Central Hawke’s Bay-grown pinot noir is intensely aromatic, infused with bay leaf, cherry, blueberry and a bunch of bright, vibrant spicy layers to boot. Floral and tightly coiled on the palate, it’s a raspberry-stacked style that will unfurl itself over the next year or … Read More
Trinity Hill White Label Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2018
Trinity Hill White Label Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2018 $22.99 Bright, vibrant and cherry-saturated, here’s a slippery-textured, smooth and softly spiced pinot noir sourced from quality vineyards in the South Central Hawke’s Bay sub-regions of Porangahau and Waipawa. Sites boasting a range of soil types include limestone and argillite which (when combined with a long, … Read More
Moutere Hills Sarau Reserve Nelson Merlot 2018
Moutere Hills Sarau Reserve Nelson Merlot 2018 $55 With its heady perfume of bay leaf and tobacco, fig and prune characters, this soft, plump, fleshy Nelson merlot has slippers by the fireside written all over it. Moutere Hills was founded back in 1997 and 27 years on, they’re turning out some seriously delicious wine. Sarau … Read More
Nineteen Sixty Six Nelson Chardonnay 2019
Nineteen Sixty Six Nelson Chardonnay 2019 $19.80 Hold the phone, pause the Netflix, and get out the good goblets because how good is this wine! Named after the birth year of Rusty & Lisa, (the awesome twosome responsible for crafting this wine), it’s a chardonnay that’ll have your knees a’wobblin and your lips a’puckering with … Read More
Moutere Hills Nelson Rumer 2016
Moutere Hills Nelson Rumer 2016 $55 Here’s a sensational, smoked-berries-and-leather layered lovely from one of our favourite Nelson-based producers. Unusual in that it’s predominantly merlot, winemaker Rusty Rayne (cool name) has also blended syrah and cabernet sauvignon alongside it, to give inject extra, peppery gravitas. Named after Rusty’s much-loved vineyard Kelpie dog, this rockin’ red … Read More
Brass Knocker Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019
Brass Knocker Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019 $21.90 Scarlet-bright in the glass and showing soft spices, black tea, blueberry and cherry on the nose and palate. The acidity is firm and fresh (as you’d expect from its youth), however it’s got good ‘pinosity’ or pinot-presence in the mouth. It’s a very attractive, glossy wine in … Read More
The Darling Arnst Marlborough Gewürztraminer 2017
The Darling Arnst Marlborough Gewürztraminer 2017 $27.20 Famous for what it doesn’t contain, this organic, unfined, unfiltered, vegan-friendly gewürztraminer is snappy and dry and heaving with ginger, citrus and spice. It’s on the edge, it’s running through the night, it’s got a haircut that’d earn a detention at school and chances are, it’s not the … Read More
Bostock Vicki’s Vineyard Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2017
Bostock Vicki’s Vineyard Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2017 $70 Grown at Ngatarawa in Hawke’s Bay’s Bridge Pa Triangle district, this organically produced merlot is incredibly elegant and stylish and shows classic cocoa, plum, espresso, dark berries and plump, velvety textures. Named after the lovely Vicki Bostock, organic agriculture champion and late wife of Johnny Bostock, this … Read More
Coxhead Creek Inlet Red Matakana Cabernet Franc 2013
Coxhead Creek Inlet Red Matakana Cabernet Franc 2013 $18 That waft of vanilla smoke on the nose indicates that winemaker Warren Knudsen has made excellent use of a combination of French and American oak. That oak wraps around the bay leaf, blackcurrant, and leather layers in this strapping wine from our northern climes. Solid tannins … Read More