Carrick The Magnetic Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2023 $80 Youthful and stacked with classic spice saturation, this Bannockburn-grown beauty is crafted using 100% Abel clone fruit (often referred to in New Zealand as the ‘Gumboot Clone’ – google it) to produce a stylish, classy, statuesque style. Soft earthy notes, a lick of roasted rhubarb, baked … Read More
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Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Blanc 2025
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Blanc 2025 $42 Alsace in France is the spiritual home of Pinot Blanc (a mutation of Pinot Noir), yet it’s clearly loving the schistous soils of Central Otago. I did want to write ‘schisty’ – but stupid grammarly wouldn’t let me. Sigh. Anyhoo, Carrick’s Pinot Blanc style leans into the deeply … Read More
Carrick Josephine Organic Bannockburn Riesling 2025
Carrick Josephine Organic Bannockburn Riesling 2025 $42 If you’re a fan of citrus-stacked, refreshingly sweet, honey-laced, Mosel-style Riesling, then saddle up and join the gymkhana because Josephine will bring you joy. Hand-picked, whole bunch pressed and fermented wild in stainless steel tanks, it’s a crisp yet generously juicy wine that’ll wake up even the most … Read More
Carrick Pot De Fleur Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2025
Carrick Pot De Fleur Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2025 $45 Crafted organically from 100% whole-cluster Clone 777 fruit grown in their ‘Triangle’ block, this is the first time winemaker Rosie Menzies has used this block to build the Pot De Fleur. Fermented as whole berries under a CO2 blanket in 4 ‘pots’ that were then … Read More
Carrick Cairnmuir Terraces EBM Organic Bannockburn Chardonnay 2023
Carrick Cairnmuir Terraces EBM Organic Bannockburn Chardonnay 2023 $60 From 30-year-old organic, Mendoza-clone vines grown on their roots, this new vintage of their flagship Chardonnay is wild fermented and matured on lees in French oak for 18 months (EBM stands for extended barrel maturation) before being blended and bottled. But you don’t really need to … Read More
Carrick Bannockburn Riesling 2025
Carrick Bannockburn Riesling 2025 $32 From organic, own-rooted vines closing in on 30 years old, winemaker Rosie Menzies and her team have crafted a wild-fermented Riesling with delicious tautness and tension running through its core of green apple, lime, and clover honey. Crushed shell and quartzy minerality dusts across the finish, which, while dry, delivers … Read More
Carrick Billet – Doux Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2024
Carrick Billet – Doux Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2024 $45 If nice and natural Pinot Noir is your jam, then read on. With a label designed by artist Elana Marie, the certified organic Billet-Doux Pinot Noir 2024 is a hand-harvested, co-fermented blend of four different clones (5,6,13 & Abel) given 29 days skin contact before … Read More
Carrick Pot De Fleur Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2024
Carrick Pot De Fleur Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2024 $45 This new release is an organic, single-site, single-clone, whole-cluster, carbonic-fermented, foot-stomped, unsulfured creation, matured for 8 months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. It has a fabulously feral, smoked fennel and charred rhubarb aroma spectrum with sweet, juicy, ripe cherry and redcurrant characters on the palate. … Read More
Carrick Josephine Organic Bannockburn Riesling 2024
Carrick Josephine Organic Bannockburn Riesling 2024 $42 Organically-grown and skating down the sweet side of the street, this wine is named after the alternative name given by sailors to the Carrick Bend knot. Crafted from fruit grown in their Arthur’s Vineyard, it’s a Mosel-like style that roars with ripe apple, homemade lemonade, and luscious lime … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Chardonnay 2023
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Chardonnay 2023 $39 Beautifully balanced, barrel fermented and boasting stylishly rich aromas of roast peach, scorched grapefruit, hints of apple, almond meal and a prickle of pineapple. All of these elements wash across the palate, leaving a comet’s tail of fine, quartzy minerality and a satiny, creamy finish. Silky and refreshingly textural, … Read More