Jules Taylor Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021 $22 If your only experiences with pinot gris have involved yawn-inducingly commercial, sweet and flabby styles, then steady yourself for an attitude shift of epic proportions. Bold and generously dry, it’s crammed with classic nashi and quince characters, softly-spiced layers and a spine of solid acidity. It’s got character, … Read More
marlborough
Hunter’s Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Hunter’s Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020 $15-$19 Paired with Annabel Langbein’s Spring Vegetables & Tahini Soy Dressing – CANVAS magazine NZ Herald Saturday September 25th 2021. I’m sorry but if green beans, snow peas, asparagus, spinach, broccoli and buckets of greenery doesn’t demand a large, chilled goblet of sauvignon blanc then I don’t know what does. … Read More
Te Pa Wines Signature Series Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019
te Pā Wines Signature Series Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019 $24.99 I’ve got a feeling that news of how good this wine is could spread around the country faster than Twitter sharing the identities of a Covid-breaching couple seeking name suppression after being snapped in Wanaka. Powerfully aromatic, soaked in cherry and tamarillo, berry tea and … Read More
Stanley Estates Single Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Stanley Estates Single Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $29 From the Awatere (or should I say Awesometere) Valley, comes this lemongrassy lovely from the super-talented folk at Stanley Estates. Winemaker Eveline Fraser manages to coax oh so soft aromas of elderflower, passionfruit and peach from every berry and in the mouth it’s awash with tart … Read More
Misty Cove Landmark Series Marlborough Rose 2021
Misty Cove Landmark Series Marlborough Rose 2021 $20 I poured this wine and said to my husband “When we win Lotto, I want a pink diamond rock on my finger in exactly this shade thanks” to which he mumbled “sure” and went back to scrolling for fishing lures on his phone. I know you’re thinking … Read More
Saint Clair Pioneer Block 28 Marlborough Pinot Blanc 2019
Saint Clair Pioneer Block 28 Marlborough Pinot Blanc 2019 $28.99 Pinot blanc is an ancient mutation of pinot noir that’s also called Weissburgunder in Austria, Fehér Burgundi in Hungary, Bijeli pinot in Croatia and the more commonly known бели бургундац in Serbia. Yet no matter where in the world you’re sipping it, that distinct green … Read More
Blank Canvas Abstract Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2018
Blank Canvas Abstract Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2018 $39.99 Crafted from fruit dry-farmed by the Holdaway family in Marlborough’s Dillons Point sub-region, the ‘Abstract’ is about as far-removed from still-life sauvignon blanc as you can get. It’s like Rothko, Kandinsky, Mondrian and Miro all in one. 100% wild yeast fermented in old, French oak and aged … Read More
Framingham F Series Old Vine Marlborough Riesling 2020
Framingham F Series Old Vine Marlborough Riesling 2020 $49 White gold in the glass and absolutely heaving with honeysuckle, lime curd and laced with peaches and cream, this citrus-stacked new release from the riesling Royal Family at Framingham, is both cleansing and comforting. But how old exactly are the old vines? Planted back in 1981, … Read More
Forrest Estate Marlborough Grüner Veltliner 2021
Forrest Estate Marlborough Grüner Veltliner 2021 $28 This classic Austrian grape has clearly found a happy home with the good folk at Forrest in Marlborough’s Wairau Valley. Perfumed with apple blossom, lemon pith, peach and pepper and packed with refreshing nashi and lime and laced with elderflower, it’s a cleansing, textural, deliciously dry wine with … Read More
Two Rivers Isle of Beauty Marlborough Rosé
Two Rivers Isle of Beauty Marlborough Rosé $21 Paired with: Chicken and Ginger Dumpling Bowl in NZ Herald CANVAS Sept 4 2021 Crafted from a smorgasbord of red and white grapes grown in four different vineyards across Marlborough’s Southern Valley’s sub-region, this ridiculously pretty, peachy pink, morganite-coloured rosé is snappy-dry and saturated in watermelon, wild … Read More