Junction Central Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir Rosé 2020 $20 Crisp, bright, beautifully pale pink in the glass, its white peach, soft cherry and redcurrant characters on the nose and palate make this a refreshing, quenching style for any season. A smidge of classic dried herb on the finish adds to the gum-tickling texture. http://www.junctionwines.co.nz
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Ash Ridge Premium Bridge Pa Triangle Malbec 2018
Ash Ridge Premium Bridge Pa Triangle Malbec 2018 $32 Black Doris, Omega and Damson plums are all fighting for space in this dark, glossy, thing of goodness. Malbec is the signature red of Argentina, yet it’s clearly made a happy home at Ash Ridge in the sunbaked soils of Hawke’s Bay’s Bridge Pa Triangle sub-region. … Read More
Tupari Awatere Valley Pinot Noir 2018
Tupari Awatere Valley Pinot Noir 2018 $30 If you have a hankering for rich, velvety Pinot Noir with layers of fruit and savoury seductiveness stitched together by rhubarb and redcurrant, then this is your magic potion. Fresh, vibrant and saturated with exotic flavours, the texture is slippery, lithe and lovely. Nicely made indeed. http://www.tupari.co.nz
Greystone Organic Waipara Valley Chardonnay 2019
Greystone Organic Waipara Valley Chardonnay 2019 $42 This is the real deal if you’re a fan of coconut, roast pineapple, vanilla and peachy vavoom, then this is your plucky, plush poison. Certified organic and crafted by the ultra-talented Dom Maxwell, this peaches and cream-fest of a chardonnay is juicy, layered with soft almond and nougat … Read More
Lime Rock Central Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2020
Lime Rock Central Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2020 $19.99 I love the tiny squeak of apricot in the colour of this wine as it pours into the glass. The skins of Pinot Gris grapes are pinky-grey and if they’re left in contact with the juice for a short while, they’ll impart this gorgeous rose-gold tint. … Read More
Duncan’s Brewing Maple Pancake Imperial Pastry Stout
Duncan’s Brewing Maple Pancake Imperial Pastry Stout 330ml $10 Maple dark malts have been expertly maltified and maltiplicated into this, the first in George Duncan’s ‘pastry’ series of stouts. I love the lift of vanilla pound cake, classic maple sweetness, almond meal and milk chocolate on the nose and palate. Creamy, cocoa-driven and outrageously luxurious … Read More
Pask Declaration Gimblett Gravels Chardonnay 2019
Pask Declaration Gimblett Gravels Chardonnay 2019 $39.99 Only made when the fruit is absolutely perfect, this shiny new Declaration well and truly shouts from the clouds that its here to make friends so come on over! Scented with lemon brioche, almond meal, nectarine and soft, grapefruit-pith perfection on the palate, it’s elegant, ultra-fresh, delicately styled … Read More
Urlar The Mediator Gladstone White NV
Urlar The Mediator Gladstone White NV $19.99 This blend of 54% pinot gris, 20% viogner, 16% chardonnay, 5% riesling and 5% sauvignon blanc is harmony and balance in a bottle – hence why it’s been called The Mediator. Organically, biodynamically crafted by the phases of the moon, it’s lemongrassy, lime and apple-scented style that bursts … Read More
Junction Body And Soul Central Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2012
Junction Body And Soul Central Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2012 $36 90% new French oak was used to mature this, the signature wine of the Ashworth family, grown in their vineyard located at the junction of State Highway 2 and the mighty State Highway 50. Eleven years on from harvest and the wine has morphed … Read More
Jackson Estate Vintage Widow Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017
Jackson Estate Vintage Widow Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 $40 Hand harvested into 26 separate batches which were all kept completely apart until the final blend, this wine is an ode to the oft-forgotten men and women in relationships with winemakers, who spend weeks every year barely seeing them while the harvest is rolling. Bright and … Read More