Tohu Whenua Awa Marlborough Chardonnay 2017 $39.99 Planted in December 2010, this vineyard gets a little bit of ‘sandblasting’ and occasional ‘deer damage’ from the wind according to Mondo Kopua, vineyard manager. The smokiness comes from a full-solids ferment in barrel 50/50 wild + innoculated. It sits for 10 months in 20% new oak and … Read More
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Tohu Whenua Awa Marlborough Riesling 2018
Tohu Whenua Awa Marlborough Riesling 2018 $29.99 3.5g/lRS ph3.0 meaning this is a very decently dry riesling from a ‘select pick’ (where a team will be instructed to only pick the ‘golden’ bunches on one day, then progressively doing that during the vintage. Green apple, lime, minerality, old world style winemaking used, as in, oxidative … Read More
Tohu Whenua Awa Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2018
Tohu Whenua Awa Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2018 $29.99 Under organic trial management for around 5 years, 2ha 3 cane pruned from the Arapoto block. Hand-picked and offers huge aromatics from a very challenging vintage. Lemongrass, lemonade, white florals, peachy tones, passionfruit and bruised basil. Lovely fruit concentration, creamy phenolics and a total joy to drink. … Read More
Cloudy Bay Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016
Cloudy Bay Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016 $49 Three years of quiet time in bottle has allowed the subtle spices in this pinot noir to knit together nicely. Perfumed with baked berries, soft cherry characters, savoury tones and sandalwood, while the palate is slippery and slick. Ribbon-like as each sip slides down. A blockbuster is not … Read More
Rapaura Springs Reservoir Vineyard Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017
Rapaura Springs Reservoir Vineyard Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 $39.99 I LOVE this wine! Fresh, frisky, wild red fruits, buckets of berries, cherries, soft and luscious textures, so pristine, so clean, so focused and plush, lush, spice-infused and fabulous. The length of flavour is like an energizer bunny in a bottle – it’s so satisfying and … Read More
Rapaura Springs The Springs Vineyard Marlborough Verdelho 2017
Rapaura Springs The Springs Vineyard Marlborough Verdelho 2017 $32.99 Summer flowers, aromatic, crunchy stonefruit and buckets of soft herbs and white peachy and basil and bouyant and bold. Lemon pith, complex, white pepper and nectarine notes. I really love this wine because of its a funky fabulousness.
Seresin Marlborough Pinot Gris 2016
Seresin Marlborough Pinot Gris 2016 $24 100% organic, this gris has had a couple of quiet, sleepy years in the bottle to integrate the baked apple and poached quince characters alongside the deeply fragrant spices, layers of caramelisation and on the finish, it’s boasting bracing acidity and a firm spine. It has fantastic persistence on … Read More
Catalina Sounds Sound of White Marlborough Chardonnay 2017
Catalina Sounds Sound of White Marlborough Chardonnay 2017 $35 The ‘Sound of White’ vineyard in the Waihopai Valley boasts rich, clay soils and chardonnay just loves that. Fermented wild (with indigenous yeasts) in large oak vessels, the nose has that gorgeous dichotomy of grapefruit, smoked citrus, hints of pineapple and peach, alongside a nutty, smoky, … Read More
Mount Riley Marlborough Syrah 2018
Mount Riley Marlborough Syrah 2018 $20 Visitors to the Mount Riley cellar door on Malthouse Road just outside of Blenheim, will be the only ones lucky enough to get their hands on this super-tasty (and super-rare) southern syrah crafted by Matt Murphy. Scented with bright berries, cherry, boysenberry and fresh herbs, on the palate its … Read More
Dog Point Marlborough Chardonnay 2016
Dog Point Marlborough Chardonnay 2016 $40 Well, I’ll be pounded, egged and covered in crumbs Batman. In fact, any chicken recipe just screams out for the finest chardonnay you can lay your hands on. I was incredibly fortunate to have a bottle of the stunning Dog Point Marlborough Chardonnay 2016 within arms reach as I … Read More