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
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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
Moana Park Hawke’s Bay Blanc de Blanc NV
Moana Park Hawke’s Bay Blanc de Blanc NV $24.99 While the print on the label did remind me of a B&B bedspread and the brown writing is all a bit 1990’s wedding invitation, once that cork is popped, it’s all modern class and style. Scented with almond, lemon shortbread and cream, there’s an underlying bagel … Read More
Vin Padro Poesia DO Catalunya Garnacha Blanca 2018
Vin Padro Poesia DO Catalunya Garnacha Blanca 2018 $18.99 Padró is a winery in Bràfim, a Spanish town in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia. Founded in 1898 by brothers, Joan and Daniel Padró Valldosera, five generations on, we’re finally seeing Padró in New Zealand. Made from white grenache, I love the ripe, white peach, and … Read More