Chateau Garage Orca Corca Bianco 2023 $35 A brand new style from viticulturist-turned-winemaker Ollie Powrie and his tiny team at Chateau Garage, the Orca Corca is sauvignon blanc but not as you’d know it. Sourced from an organic site located out in Maraekakaho, west of Hastings, the fruit was hand harvested and the juice was … Read More
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Villa Maria Taylors Pass Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Villa Maria Taylors Pass Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $30 Awatere Valley sauvignon blanc has its own signature. Florals, fresh nettles, white peach, green apple and bruised basil assail the nostrils and roar around the gums. It’s fresh yet gentle on the palate, so if you’re not a fan of squinty acidity then you’re in luck … Read More
Monowai Hawke’s Bay Brut Rosé NV
Monowai Hawke’s Bay Brut Rosé NV $24.99 If a sparkling wine stacked solid with ripe berries, cherries, creamy complexity and a melon-like finish is a bit of you, then you’ll love this new release from Monowai. Bold, boisterous and laced with herbal notes, it’s got a big personality, loads of texture and a style all … Read More
Alana Estate Freedom Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Alana Estate Freedom Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $18 Intensely pungent aromas of bruised basil, sweet pea, passionfruit and lime leaf layers merge with seductively squint-inducing textures, and deep citrus and lemongrass notes which stitch together to create a crunchy-crisp, flavour bomb of a sauvignon. The Alana Estate whanau are hellbent on fighting against modern slavery … Read More
Carrick Billet-Doux Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2023
Carrick Billet-Doux Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2023 $39 This no-sulphur, now-iconic style from Rosie Menzies and her team at Carrick has a new poem on the back label from front-label artist Leon Ofsky, and it speaks of new dawns, welcoming a new baby and new stories. Very appropriate. The wine is an unfussy, earth-laced style that’s … Read More
Carrick Unravelled Organic Central Otago Pinot Noir 2022
Carrick Unravelled Organic Central Otago Pinot Noir 2022 $32 (released August 2024) Playing on their knotty branding, this pinot by winemaker Rosie Menzies is a different take on the classic Carrick style. It’s lighter, looser, a little more wild and a little more easygoing. Freshly turned earth, tea leaf, baked cherry and stewed rhubarb all … Read More
Wairiki Wines Grace Hawke’s Bay White Pinot 2023
Wairiki Wines Grace Hawke’s Bay White Pinot 2023 $28 It’s spring all year round when you sip this stunning new release from Brent Linn and his team at Wairiki. Crafted from 100% handpicked, Maraekakaho-grown pinot noir that’s pressed immediately to avoid any colour uptake from the skins, this wine erupts with green apple, white peach … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Blanc 2023
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Blanc 2023 $42 Just the 4th time a pinot blanc has made it into the bottle from the kids at Carrick, yet it tastes like they’ve been doing it for decades. Scented with clean apple and white peach punchiness yet showing pip-fruit fullness in the mouth from its wild fermentation and … Read More
The Supernatural Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2022
The Supernatural Hawke’s Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $35 A sauvignon that’s very much in its own situation with classic Hawke’s Bay generosity and softness. Yet the addition of six hours on skins, wild fermentation, lees stirring and only a teensy dose of sulphur at bottling has given it a creamy complexity that leads from apple … Read More
Alana Estate Freedom Nelson Pinot Gris 2020
Alana Estate Freedom Nelson Pinot Gris 2020 $22 If you like your pinot gris on the crisp, crunchy-fresh side, then this will tickle your pinks. Hints of fig, nashi pear and scorched stonefruit merge with white pepper and clean mineral-laced textures on the palate. Dry, focused and fresh. The Alana Estate whanau are hellbent on … Read More