Jules Taylor Marlborough Chardonnay 2023 $25 I am LOVING. This. Chardonnay! Jules clearly had a blinder of a vintage in 2023 because this wine absolutely roars with ripe stonefruit and is prickled with pineapple, and luscious lemon and then crammed with creamy cashew and almond notes to flesh out a finish fanging with flavour. Juicy … Read More
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Jules Taylor Marlborough Pinot Noir 2023
Jules Taylor Marlborough Pinot Noir 2023 $24-$30 Sourced from Marlborough’s Southern Valley’s region, this black tea and rhubarb-licked pinot noir is generously juicy and has a creamy, full-textured mid-palate and a solid, spice-laced finish. Floral-focused and dangerously drinkable, it’s an excellent late-afternoon tipple and a great match for pâté or smoked eggplant dip. Video Review … Read More
Jules Taylor Marlborough Pinot Gris 2023
Jules Taylor Marlborough Pinot Gris 2023 $22 Generously dry and classically scented with nashi, green pear, soft nutmeg and apple notes, this new gris has a palate profile that exactly replicates all that and also injects a splash of zesty minerality and leaves a soft creamy character on the finish. Energetic and ultra-sippable. Jules Taylor
Jules Taylor Marlborough Grüner Veltliner 2023
Jules Taylor Marlborough Grüner Veltliner 2023 $24 Paired with: Figs, Endive & Hazelnuts in the NZ Herald Canvas Magazine Sat March 2 2024 The combination of subtle sweetness of ripe, juicy figs, moreishly toasty hazelnuts and the crispy, bitter, crunch of the endive leaves is all sorts of excellence in the mouth, but take a … 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
Jules Taylor Marlborough Grüner Veltliner 2022
Jules Taylor Marlborough Grüner Veltliner 2022 $25-$27 With cleansing pear, creaming soda, white nectarine, wildflowers and soft, peppery notes, this grüner wins points for freshness and complexity for sure. Nutty notes alongside subtle fennel, juicy acidity and Pacific Queen apple notes give the palate something to grip onto as well. Jules Taylor
Jules Taylor Marlborough Chardonnay 2022
Jules Taylor Marlborough Chardonnay 2022 $25 Classic JT chardonnay here, rolling in citrus and saturated with creamy stonefruit notes on the nose and palate. Refreshing, juicy and laced with nougat and caramelised spicy tones, it’s a smooth, soothing, slightly toasty style that’ll win friends and influence people. Grown in Marlborough’s Southern Valley’s sub-region, and crafted … Read More
Jules Taylor OTQ Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Jules Taylor OTQ Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $35 Handpicked fruit from Jules’ Holdaway vineyard, was whole-cluster pressed into old oak barriques and wild fermented then a malolactic ferment softened the acidity and injected layers of lemongrassy complexity. A creamy softness adds to its smoked capsicum character and compliments the seam of citrus intensity at its … Read More
Jules Taylor Marlborough Pinot Gris 2022
Jules Taylor Marlborough Pinot Gris 2022 $25 If you were wishing for a sweetly-styled, bog-standard, boring old pinot gris then, that’s very odd because who wants that? I’m forever on the hunt for something showing bright nashi and zesty citrus layers, hints of nutmeg and apple strudel spices and showing a solid, dry finish. That’s … Read More
Jules Taylor Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Jules Taylor Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $23-$26 Whipcrack clean and precise, this sauvignon blanc from one of Marlborough’s most exciting producers is overflowing with herbaceous intensity, lime-licked layers, bruised basil and smoked passionfruit. Utilising fruit grown in the Taylor Pass, Lower Wairau Valley, Hawkesbury and Awatere sub-regions, it has a personality all of its own … Read More