Rapaura Springs Bull Paddock Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024 $27.99 Grown in the Dillons Point sub-region of Marlborough, this new vintage is laced with jalapeno, green olive, and green capsicum crunchiness. Hints of tomato leaf, bruised basil, lemon, grapefruit and a splash of smoked passionfruit make for a pretty darn delicious sip. It opens up … Read More
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Balvonie Marlborough Prosecco Methode Traditionnelle 2023
Balvonie Marlborough Prosecco Methode Traditionnelle 2023 $35 New Zealand’s first Prosecco (despite the Italians not being happy about it, we can keep calling it that for the foreseeable future) is being made by the McLauchlan family from their vineyard in Rapaura, Blenheim. They’ve been growing Glera grapes on their family farm for a few years … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Blanc 2024
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Blanc 2024 $42 So here are a couple of cool things to know about Pinot Blanc from the good folks at Wikipedia (whom you should donate to btw). It’s also known as Pinot Bianco in Italy, Beli Pinot in Slovenia), Rulandské Biele in Slovakia and Weisser Burgunder in Germany and Austria and … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Gris 2024
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Gris 2024 $32 Wild fermented in a combo of stainless steel tanks and old, seasoned French oak barriques, the tank proportion ferment was stopped to conserve a splash of 6% residual sugar, and the wine that was in the barrels was left on its skins for a month before being fermented … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Le Pét Nat 2024
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Le Pét Nat 2024 $45 Featuring label art from Wanaka-based artist Sierra Roberts from her ‘Frida’ collection, this fresh new, natural sparkler is apricot-hued and prepare for it to become very cloudy once you pop the cap and the resting yeast lees are forced by the CO2 to blend with the wine. … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Riesling 2024
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Riesling 2024 $32 With a splash of citrus sweetness merging with classic Granny Smith apple, mandarin and layers of lemon and lime, this riesling is youthfully fresh and satisfying. A touch hollow in the mid-palate, but highly textural upfront, it’s a taut, style that would work brilliantly with spicy Thai fish cakes. … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir Rosé 2024
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir Rosé 2024 $39 Ultra-clean, with hints of creaming soda, salinity, white raspberry, white peach, mandarin and grapefruit pith on the nose and palate, this is a complex, zesty-textured style with fantastic persistence of flavour. Winemakers Rosie Menzies and Zoe Kane (who shepherded their recent wines through to bottle while Rosie … Read More
Carrick EBM Organic Cairnmuir Terraces Chardonnay 2021
Carrick EBM Organic Cairnmuir Terraces Chardonnay 2021 $53 Is it wrong to kick off a wine review with the word woof? Straight out the gate, it’s called EBM because that’s short for ‘Extended Barrel Maturation’ which, for this chardonnay anyway, injects a supremely rich, roasty, toasty element to its underlying baked peach, pineapple and grilled … Read More
Carrick Excelsior Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2021
Carrick Excelsior Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2021 $110 A supremely fine, stylish and sophisticated pinot noir, the Excelsior has lifted, youthful textures which cloak a core of gunsmoke, wild cherry, baked rhubarb and rooibos tea. Fresh, floral and frisky-textured, it’s a multi-layered pinot noir that’s finely tuned and built for the long haul. Named after … Read More
Carrick Arthur’s Vineyard Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022
Carrick Arthur’s Vineyard Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022 $80 Crafted from just one clone, (10/5 if you’re wondering) from a single, northwest-facing site where the vines grow on their own roots (uncommon in New Zealand), this wine is named after the founders of this Bannockburn vineyard, Bill and Sue Arthur. Only ever made when the … Read More