Tironui Above and Beyond Hawke’s Bay Malbec Merlot Cabernet 2024 $40 Grown high on the sugarloaf terraces which loom above the Napier suburb of Taradale, looking eastward to the pinnacles of Cape Kidnappers, this Malbec-dominant, deeply inky red roars with classically savoury tones. Those tones are awash with fresh tobacco, Dutch cocoa, bay leaf, and … Read More
bordeaux-style blend
Duck Creek ‘The Messenger’ Merlot Malbec Cabernet Franc 2010
Duck Creek ‘The Messenger’ Merlot Malbec Cabernet Franc 2010 $85 Who says the Gimblett Gravels and Waiheke Island are the be all and end all of great kiwi Bordeaux-style reds? This is a stunning example from the Stillwater area just north of Auckland near the Whangaparoa Peninsula and it’s a muscular, multilayered wine with leathery, … Read More