Harrier Ridge Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2019 $24.99 Golden in the glass and showing attractive cashew and roast peach aromas and a toasty, stonefruit-centric mid-palate. It’s a crowd-pleaser of a chardonnay laced with mango and nougat notes and boasts a long, creamy finish. It’s a style that’ll work across loads of different food and with loads … Read More
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Harrier Ridge Hawke’s Bay Gewürztraminer 2020
Harrier Ridge Hawke’s Bay Gewürztraminer 2020 $24.99 Here’s a classic, dry and spice-centric gewürz from the talents of Richard Rhodes and harks back to the rockstar gewürztraminers from the Mangatahi region that came from Kemblefield wines back in the day. Citrus pith, ginger, and lychee layers on the nose and palate lead to a long, … Read More
Harrier Ridge Hawke’s Bay Field Blend 2019
Harrier Ridge Hawke’s Bay Field Blend 2019 $24.99 Blended by winemaker Richard Rhodes, this merlot malbec combo grown way out west of Hastings in Mangatahi is really starting to hit its straps. Scented with seasoned leather, bay leaf, blueberries and cocoa powder and boasting a rich, savoury, meaty mid-palate, it’s a very fresh, textural red … Read More
Terrace View Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2016
Terrace View Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2016 ($18.99). Five years on from harvest and this merlot grown high up on rocky terraces overlooking the Ngaruroro River, is actually looking at its peak drinking window right now. Plummy … Read More
McPherson Wines XV PURE South East Australia Cabernets 2020
McPherson Wines XV PURE South East Australia Cabernets 2020 $22 Hands up if you’ve ever tasted wine made from the Ruby cabernet grape before. No? Well here’s your initiation. Ruby cabernet is a grape created by cross-breeding cabernet sauvignon and carignan, and it has a pronounced cherry flavour. It was created in California back in … Read More
Sur Andino Argentina Sierra Los Andes Mendoza Malbec 2018
Sur Andino Argentina Sierra Los Andes Mendoza Malbec 2018 $21 Hello malbec my old friend! Grown in a vineyard in Ugarteche (ooh-garr-tetch-eh) in the southern part of the Luján de Cuyo (loo-harn-de-koo-yoh) in Mendoza, Argentina’s largest wine region, this little red is so soft and velvety and warm, it’s like a spicy, berry-laden mink blanket … Read More
Le Grá Wairarapa Merlot 2018
Le Grá Wairarapa Merlot 2018 $30 This is a super-fresh style with youthful acidity that I’m sure will soften out over the next year or two. Intense boysenberry and blackberry flavours join forces with spicy oak notes and lengthy, elastic tannins. If you’re looking for bigand meaty, this is more fresh and leafy, but an … Read More
Kōpū Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2020
Kōpū Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2020 $24.99 From the lovelies at Lake Road Wines comes this bright, pepper-dusted syrah sourced from vineyards around Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand’s syrahvana. Showing classic violet vavoom and an edge of iron filings, blackcurrant, blueberry and seasoned leather, it’s a style that requires a large, swirlable glass so that you can … Read More
Mischief with Wine Waipara Riesling 2021
Mischief with Wine Waipara Riesling 2021 $22 Beware! Sniffing this wine will send you back to that old 1980s tv ad for Fruju iceblocks where the beautiful, tanned people in bikinis all leap off a yacht and splash into the sea screaming “Ooh Aahh!” It’s awash with grapefruit, apple and punchy, citrus-centric freshness. And while … Read More
Monowai Estate Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2020
Monowai Estate Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2020 $25 Twas waaay back in ye olde early days of my wine journey that I first encountered the mighty Monowai chardonnay and now it’s something I look forward to seeing each year because it’s changing (for the better) all the time. Emma Lowe and Marcello Nunez are the evil … Read More