Brookfields Hillside Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2023

28 September 2025By Yvonne

Brookfields Hillside Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2023 $60 Since its first release in 2000, the Bridge Pa-grown Hillside has cemented itself as one of New Zealand’s most refined and stylish Syrah’s. Crafted by Peter Robertson, who’s been making wine in Hawke’s Bay since the 1970’s, this is a sublimely earthy, pepper-laced, smoked blueberry-saturated example. Softly spiced, … Read More

Brookfields Robertson Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2024

8 May 2025By Yvonne

Brookfields Robertson Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2024 $18 If you’ve been avoiding Pinot Gris because you thought it was sweet and blousy, then wrap your chops around this new release from Brookfields and all your wildest dreams will come true. Prepare for an immediate crisp, dry, generous impression, and then enjoy the fact that it’s … Read More

Brookfields Back Block Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2023

1 April 2025By Yvonne

Brookfields Back Block Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2023 $22 Peter Robertson is an ex flatmate of the Wizard of Christchurch. He also began making wine in Hawke’s Bay in the early 1970s and purchased Brookfields Vineyards in 1977, forty years after it was founded in 1937. He was one of the first to leap onto the … Read More

Brookfields Highland Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2021

25 November 2023By Yvonne

Brookfields Highland Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2021 $46 Owner and winemaker Peter Robertson has been making wine in Hawke’s Bay since the mid-1970s and when you’re in Hawke’s Bay for that long, you get to know Merlot incredibly well. In fact, Hawke’s Bay’s wine powers that be were considering dubbing the region “Hawke’s Bay, Merlot Country” … Read More

Brookfields Sun-Dried Hawke’s Bay Malbec 2022

9 November 2023By Yvonne

Brookfields Sun-Dried Hawke’s Bay Malbec 2022 $26 Winemaker Peter Roberston and his team hand-harvest their malbec and then lay the grapes out on racks to partially dry in the sun, much like the Italian appassimento technique to concentrate the flavours and accentuate the rich, fruity aromatics. The nose reveals rich, blueberry, boysenberry, cocoa and liquorice … Read More

Brookfields Back Block Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2022

9 November 2023By Yvonne

Brookfields Back Block Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2022 $22 From a challenging vintage comes a highly approachable, friendly, softly fruited, softly peppered syrah grown at Ohiti on the banks of the Ngaruroro River. Classic florals and blackcurrant characters lead to iron sands tannins and a suede-like mid-palate texture and finish. Brookfields

Brookfields Fiesta Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2023

9 November 2023By Yvonne

Brookfields Fiesta Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2023 $22 Crafted from free-run syrah juice (that’s the highest quality, delicately fresh juice which runs from the grape press before any pressing starts), this pretty, trout-pink rosé has summer days and warm sunsets written all over it. Generously flavoured with red apple, raspberry and a hint of creaming soda, … Read More

Brookfields Robertson Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2023

9 November 2023By Yvonne

Brookfields Robertson Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2023 $22 From a crazy vintage involving (amongst other things) a cyclone which almost wiped Brookfields out, this pinot gris has emerged triumphantly fresh and clean and crammed with Brookfields signature notes of nashi juice, poached quince and soft baking spices on the nose and palate. Textural and dry … Read More

Brookfields Hillside Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2020

22 October 2022By Yvonne

Brookfields Hillside Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2020 $45 Peter Robertson only makes this, his flagship syrah, when the fruit is exceptional. Sourced from 26yo vines growing on the gentle, sun-baked slopes of the Lyons’ family Hillside vineyard in the Bridge Pa triangle district. It produces tiny bunches of pure and vibrant, violet-scented, berries that create a … Read More