Circuit North Canterbury Chardonnay 2018 $24.99 Crafted by the team at Black Estate from organically grown fruit that’s been fermented using a starter culture from the vineyard itself, this is a creamy, brulee and butter-smothered wine, with peach and grapefruit notes underpinning the nutty smoothness. Theres a hint of wildness and funk to the fruit layers … Read More
Black Estate French Farm Pinot Gris 2018
Black Estate French Farm Pinot Gris 2018 $30 Crafted from fruit sourced from a vineyard overlooking Akaroa Harbour on Canterbury’s Bank’s Peninsula, this is a dry, seriously textural pinot gris showing hints of quince and a palate that definitely rocks in the mineral, quartzy-dry department. Full and generously flavoured, it’s a deeply complex style fermented in … Read More
Whistling Buoy Canterbury Pinot Noir Rosé 2016
Whistling Buoy Canterbury Pinot Noir Rosé 2016 $25 Perfumed with the softest of pot pourri and peach stone, it feels like it’s going to be super-subtle as a wine style. Then you put it in your mouth and holy moly! It’s an explosion of crunchy-fresh acidity, guava, tropical tones, incredibly rich, zesty layers of flavour … Read More
Black Estate Netherwood North Canterbury Chardonnay 2016
Black Estate Netherwood North Canterbury Chardonnay 2016 $65 Created from organically grown fruit and kicked off with a ferment straight from the vineyard, this cashew and citrus-forward chardonnay is their signature example and only produced in years when the fruit is perfect. It’s big, real big. Boasting caramelised oak notes, soft smoky characters, wild and … Read More
Huntress Martinborough Pinot Noir 2017
Huntress Martinborough Pinot Noir 2017 $49 Winemaker Janine Rickards is the ultimate huntin, fishin, divin’ drivin’ damsel (just check out her rugged and rustic instagram pics), and I love what she does with her Huntress wines. Hand harvested fruit from clones 5, 828 and Abel clones has been used, 20% of which has been whole cluster co-fermented … Read More
Mudbrick Reserve Waiheke Island Syrah 2018
Mudbrick Reserve Waiheke Island Syrah 2018 $75 I honestly couldn’t tell you the last time I tasted a syrah that was so young yet sang so beautifully on the palate. Winemaker Patrick Newton has woven some witchcraft with what’s quite clearly plump, flavour-stacked fruit, to produce an ultra-velvety syrah, stitched together with cracked pepper, boysenberries, … Read More
Te Kairanga Runholder Martinborough Pinot Noir 2017
Te Kairanga Runholder Martinborough Pinot Noir 2017 $28 I think this could very well be my favourite vintage of Runholder. Plush, lush and packed with flavour, it roars with cherry, cranberry, rosehip tea and layers of earthy cocoa characters on the palate. While it’s slippery and silky to sip, it also has powdery, emery-like tannings … Read More
Tinpot Hut Marlborough Late Harvest Riesling 2017
Tinpot Hut Marlborough Late Harvest Riesling 2017 $28 Winemaker Fiona Turner has worked her magic on this stylishly sticky, sweet wine that carries candied citrus, toffee apple and heavenly honey notes on the nose and palate. Fresh and flirtatious, it’s seriously sweet, yet finely tuned and beautifully balanced. Great stuff! www.tinpothut.co.nz
Main Divide North Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2018
Main Divide North Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2018 $20.99 Get on your skateboard, segway or scooter and shimmy on over to the Main Divide North Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2018 ($20.99) to pour with any sort of pan-fried pesce perfection. Crisp, crunchy, packed with citrus and huge herbaceous notes, this wine is superb to sip with fresh fish. … Read More
Caythorpe Family Estate Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017
Caythorpe Family Estate Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 $24.99 From the Bishell family farm comes a shiny new vintage of pinot noir that definitely leans on the lighter side of the fence. Scented with raspberry, cranberry, strawberry and pretty much every other red fruit imaginable, this wine shows softness, silkiness and a dangerously easy, eensy-weensy-spicy finish. … Read More