Supernatural Wines The Paranormal 2022 $45 The fruit for this blend of 65% syrah and 35% malbec was grown biodynamically in Millton Estate’s Te Arai vineyard in Gisborne. Lightly structured at just 10.5% this is an energetic red with rooibos tea, rhubarb, soft pepper and dried herb aromatics which wash into a refreshingly earthy palate … Read More
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Csânyi Teleki Villanyi Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Csânyi Teleki Villanyi Cabernet Sauvignon $27 If you’d told me ten years ago that one day I’d be roaring from the rooftops that Hungarian cabernet sauvignon was going to be my superstar sip, I’d have told you to rack off noddy, Yet that was before this wine by Csányi Pincészet landed on my desk. With … Read More
Csânyi Teleki Villanyi Merlot 2019
Csânyi Teleki Villanyi Merlot 2019 $27 If you’re a merlot nut, or simply merlot-curious, you might be excited to know that you don’t have to stick with the same old styles from our local heat-traps, finally, we have access to a really interesting style from Hungary! Super-earthy, dusted with cocoa powder, blueberry and brick dust, … Read More
Csânyi Teleki Villanyi Kekfrankos 2019
Csânyi Teleki Villanyi Kékfrankos 2019 $27 Lifted, earthy aromatics, brick dust and blueberries, cocoa powder and hints of beefy gamey complexity follow and then saturate the palate. From Hungary, the tannins are fleshy, and smooth, and there’s an almost creamy, savoury character running through it. Kékfrankos is an Austro-Hungarian variety grown widely across the Carpathian … Read More
Dame Diesel Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021
Dame Diesel Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021 $28.50 If the Gorillaz band were going to release a wine label commemorating their GenX wives, this would be it. She looks like a woman very much in need of a glass of wine. This North Otago-grown pinot is lightly-styled and redolent of rhubarb, wild cherry, red berry … Read More
Nockies Palette Waitaki Pinot Gris 2023
Nockie’s Palette Waitaki Pinot Gris 2023 $32 Bracingly fresh and showing classic chalky, nashi and yellow plum characters, this snappy-dry pinot gris is grown in one of the toughest places in the world to grow grapes, Waitaki, on the South Canterbury-North Otago border, on the banks of the Waitaki River. Textural, mineral-driven and creamy on … Read More
Dame Diesel Central Otago Chardonnay 2022
Dame Diesel Central Otago Chardonnay 2022 $26 With its 1990s Tank Girl-style cartoony label and distinctly lemony aromatics, it’s an edgy, grapefruit-laced style of chardonnay that’s super-youthful and citrus-focused. Bracing acidity and a whisker of toasty oak and spice make this a chardonnay not for the faint-hearted. For how to buy contact the team at … Read More
Moko Hills Central Otago Chardonnay 2021
Moko Hills Central Otago Chardonnay 2021 $59 Donald van der Westhuizen has god-given grape-growing talent and it’s evident in this cleansing, crunchy-fresh, peach and pineapple-edged wine from the schisty slopes of Bendigo. Two chardonnay clones (UCD15 and B95) were gently whole-bunch pressed directly into French oak barrels and left to ferment naturally with the indigenous … Read More
Mondillo Central Otago Riesling 2022
Mondillo Central Otago Riesling 2022 $30 Classic Jazz apple, white peach, fresh-squeezed lime juice and Winter Cole pear combine with honeysuckle notes to create an eruption of citrus-based aromas and flavours. Grown on the slopes of Bendigo, it’s zesty, crunchy-textured and lengthy, it also has a cute and very elaborate depiction of a barcode on … Read More
Obliix Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Obliix Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $23 Fact: when people find out you like wine, they’ll ask what your favourite wines are, and when this happens to me, I can never think of the name of any wine I’ve sipped in my entire life. But this new sauvignon by Sir George Fistonich is stamped in my … Read More