Montana M Gisborne Chardonnay 2022 $16 Bright, peachy, boosted with buttered toast and showing fresh, nutty notes and a lick of pineapple on the finish. A crowd-pleaser for sure. Weddings? check. Parties? check. Anything? check! Widely Available
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Matawhero Single Vineyard Gisborne Chardonnay 2022
Matawhero Single Vineyard Gisborne Chardonnay 2022 $21-26 Paired with Annabel Langbein’s Gougere – French cheese Puffs from Bourgogne in the NZ Herald July 29th 2023 I love French cheese puffs so much I think they could easily qualify for my last supper. And I love rich, butterscotchy, toasty chardonnay so much, I’ve asked that they … Read More
Matawhero Barrel Fermented Gisborne Chardonnay 2021
Matawhero Barrel Fermented Gisborne Chardonnay 2021 $31 Paired with Annabel Langbein’s Roasted cauliflower and blue cheese soup in the NZ Herald CANVAS magazine Sat June 17th 2023 What to do when two of your favourite things present themselves in one dish? Add one more right! One of the great wonders of the modern age is … Read More
Jules Taylor ‘The Jules’ Gisborne Rosé 2022
Jules Taylor ‘The Jules’ Gisborne Rosé 2022 $25 Paired with Annabel Langbein’s Black bean and bacon soup in the NZ Herald CANVAS Sat 17th June This is one of those hearty, ribsticking, salivatingly salty soups that screams out to be paired with a plush, plump, punchy rosé like this new release from Jules Taylor. Based … Read More
Piwakawaka Gisborne Viognier 2020
Piwakawaka Gisborne Viognier 2020 $25-$28 It’s tricky striking the balance between fruit sweetness and acid tension, but Kristin and Steve Parkes reckon they’ve cracked it. They were landed with 2ha of viognier in front of a home they’d bought back in 2013 and that catapulted them into the crazy world of winegrowing. The grapes are … Read More
Matawhero Church House Gisborne Pinot Noir 2021
Matawhero Church House Gisborne Pinot Noir 2021 $25 I really like this fresh, frisky, vibrantly fruity pinot noir from Richard and Kirsten Searle at Matawhero. Pinot noir isn’t a new thing for Gisborne, it’s been around for many many years because the area provides a decent chunk of it for sparkling wine base each year. … Read More
Matawhero Single Vineyard Gisborne Pinot Rosé 2021
Matawhero Single Vineyard Gisborne Pinot Rosé 2021 $23 Coral-coloured and crazy-delicious, this East Coast rosé is all kinds of extra nice. With brisk melon and white peach aromatics, raspberry and cherry around the edges and an ultra-crisp, cleansing, mid-palate, it’s a fantastic way to accentuate the versatility of pinot noir. Perky and plush, it’s essential … Read More
Bushmere Estate Gisborne Malbec 2020
Bushmere Estate Gisborne Malbec 2020 $25 This Gisborne malbec has deliciously meaty, leathery layers and a core of redcurrant and deep spice that roars across the mouth. Inky magenta-black colour and glossy in the glass and loaded with bay, dark cherry and pepper notes, it’s a rich, beautifully structured example. Bushmere.com
Bushmere Estate Gisborne Montepulciano 2020
Bushmere Estate Gisborne Montepulciano 2020 $25 Intensely inky, in fact it’s impenetrably purple in the glass and showing a massive lift of bay leaf, blackberry leaf and herbaceous notes, this new vintage has high acidity and tannins with decent chew and grip around the gums. It’s an east coast version of an Italian favourite and … Read More
Millton Vineyard Libiamo Gisborne Gewürztraminer 2020
Millton Vineyard Libiamo Gisborne Gewürztraminer 2020 $40 I know ‘Libiamo’ translates to ‘Let’s Drink’ but unfortunately, as much as I’m a gewürz nut, I couldn’t bring myself to drink more than a few sips of this wine. Maybe I’m missing something, probably am, as I often do. And maybe I’m too simple in my tastes, … Read More