Known Unknown Vin Jeanne Bridge Pa Sauvignon Blanc 2019 375ml $35 It pretty much is what it says on the tin. Or should I say ‘label’ but in unique fashion. Inspired by the wines of Jura, winemaker Jules van Costello has crafted a single barrel of organic Bridge Pa Sauvignon Blanc that’s been barrel-fermented and … Read More
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Known Unknown Bloody Vermouth (500ml)
Known Unknown Bloody Vermouth (500ml) $45 This Negroni-friendly sweet vermouth is crafted using a Blood Orange oleo saccharum syrup made with equal parts sugar and Blood Orange Peel (“to bring out the peel aromatics”), alongside dried orange zest, cardamom, saffron, dried kawakawa berries, and bittering aromatics like wormwood, rhubarb root, and cinchona bark. It’s then added … Read More
Known Unknown Maraekakaho Cabernet Franc 2022
Known Unknown Maraekakaho Cabernet Franc 2022 $35 If you like your Cabernet Franc sailing down the leafy, herbal, fabulously feral side of the sea, then this is your jam. From an unusually cool year, unfiltered, unfined and layered with earthy, funky tones, this wine is developing a sweet-sour complexity which cloaks a core of acidity … Read More
Known Unknown Flamingo Gisborne Pinot Noir Rosé 2024
Known Unknown Flamingo Gisborne Pinot Noir Rosé 2024 $25 Utilising organically-grown pinot noir grapes from Gisborne’s Manutuke sub-region, this rosé is just like its namesake, all leggy, long and elegantly picks its way across your tongue and gums. Dry, snappy, and laced with red apple, soft citrus, hints of peach tea, and pink peppercorns, it’s … Read More
Known Unknown Puma Gisborne Pinot Gris 2024
Known Unknown Puma Gisborne Pinot Gris 2024 $25 Crafted from organic grapes grown in the Manutuke subregion of Gisborne, this pinot griz has rizz (as the kids would say). Roaring with musky, baked apple and nashi notes on the nose and palate, it’s a wine carrying classic Gisborne gris complexity, dryness and generosity. Spice-stacked and … Read More
Known Unknown Pakipaki Syrah 2021
Known Unknown Pakipaki Syrah 2021 $37 Just south of Hastings in Hawke’ Bay is the sleepy hamlet of Pakipaki, famous for its deep, limestone soils (there’s even a limestone quarry nearby), soils that aren’t your typical base for a place where syrah is more famous for growing in its gravel-rich appellations. Whole-bunch fermented for a … Read More
Known Unknown Flamingo Bridge Pa Rosé 2022
Known Unknown Flamingo Bridge Pa Rosé 2022 $22 Crafted from organic merlot and cabernet franc grapes grown in the iron-rich ‘red gravels’ of Hawke’s Bay’s Bridge Pa wine region and like a true flamingo, it does not care at all for hiding in the background oh no. It’s out there in all its burnished, russety, … Read More
Tastes Like Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2020
Known Unknown Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2020 $25 Prepare for a hit of meaty, savoury, classic violet and peppercorn characters on the nose of this new syrah and enjoy how it’s followed by smooth, earthy, dark cocoa flavours and layers of nicely chewy tannins. All that good stuff is boosted with solid acidity as well. It’s … Read More