Valli Gibbston Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019 $69 Hand-harvested on five different days during April 2019, the Gibbston fruit imparts an incredibly floral, lifted character into its wines and if you’re a fan of cherry, raspberry, tamarillo and rhubarb razziness, then this is for you. Incredibly stylish and showing superb tension and poise on … Read More
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Valli Bannockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019
Valli Bannockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019 $69 Get set for a shed tonne (technical term there) of cedar and spice to tsunami up your olfactory passages and wash down your oesophagus in this new release from Jen Parr and her team at Valli. Ultra-vibrant and fruit saturated, its fresh acid backbone and fine-grained tannin … Read More
Sileni Advocate Grand Reserve Hawke’s Bay Albariño 2020
Sileni Advocate Grand Reserve Hawke’s Bay Albariño 2020 $24 There’s an old Spanish saying “when you want a tasty friend and not a foe, turn your face toward albariño”. Don’t fact-check it, no point, you’ll discover I made it up. But it could totally pass for an old Spanish saying. Yet one thing remains true … Read More
Tironui Above & Beyond Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2021
Tironui Above & Beyond Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2021 $25 Crafted from a handpicked, co-fermented blend of 54% malbec, 33% merlot and 13% cabernet sauvignon grown on a tiny, terraced vineyard high up on the limestone-laden soils of Sugar Loaf Hill, this shiny new rosé looks a million bucks in the glass. Coloured like a cross … Read More
Riverby Estate Marlborough Grüner Veltliner 2019
Riverby Estate Marlborough Grüner Veltliner 2019 $19.99 The Riverby vineyard started life as a sheep, beef, and cropping property farmed by the Matthews family for nigh on a century, yet these days those ovines and bovines have made way for grapevines and a growing reputation for delivering awesome aromatic white wines right across the spectrum. … Read More
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Two Rivers Convergence Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Two Rivers Convergence Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $22 Holy jalapeno Batman!! One thing’s for certain. The second someone pours a glass of this wine, you’ll be able to smell its crazy punchy pungency from across the room. Or possibly across the street. Who knows – soon you may be overrun by sauvignon blanc zombies clawing … Read More
Church Road Grand Reserve Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019
Church Road Grand Reserve Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019 Paired with Lemongrass and Chilli Beef – NZ Herald Canvas Magazine 23.7.2021 When beef is boosted by a whack of chilli and lashings of lemongrass, step away from the cabernet and pick up a bottle of the shiny new and ludicrously lush Church Road Grand Reserve … Read More
Middle Earth Nelson Viognier 2020
Middle Earth Nelson Viognier 2020 $24.99 Well butter my crust and call me crazy if this isnt just the freshest, friskiest, zestiest viognier I’ve seen in aeons. Nelson has again proved that it’s an aristocrat where producing aromatic wines is concerned. Scented with classic apricot, jasmine and honeysuckle while in the mouth it does a … Read More
Drummond Farm The Long Walk Martinborough Pinot Noir Rosé 2020
Drummond Farm The Long Walk Martinborough Pinot Noir Rosé 2020 $29 From the best little winery you’ve never heard of comes a pinot noir-based rosé that boasts mysterious, savoury and seriously spicy, smoked cherry complexity on the nose and buckets of fresh cranberry and rhubarb characters which canter across the palate nicely. Crafted by Alex … Read More