Massey Dacta Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $18 Named after the way the Glover kids couldn’t say the word ‘tractor’ when they were little, this is 750mls of Marlborough sunshine in a bottle, hooning across your tongue and doling out bales of basil, passionfruit, red capsicum, apple and lemon to your herd of tastebuds. It has … Read More
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Two Rivers Brookby Hill Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020
Two Rivers Brookby Hill Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020 $55 Organically grown in the deep clay soils of the Southern Valleys, this pinot was wild-fermented (up to 25% whole bunch) then aged for between 12 and 18 months in French oak before being bottled unfined and unfiltered (hence the slight cloudiness) and given a further year … 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
Two Rivers Clos Des Pierres Marlborough Chardonnay 2022
Two Rivers Clos Des Pierres Marlborough Chardonnay 2022 $30 Crafted from Mendoza, Clone 15 and B95 fruit grown in their Spring and Hawkesbridge vineyards that was wild fermented then aged for 8 months in French oak and given a full malolactic ferment, this chardonnay is a deliciously clean, youthful, saline-laced, and citrus stacked style. Elongated … Read More
Trinity Hill Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Trinity Hill Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $24 A very attractive, limited edition Marlborough sauvignon blanc here from a Hawke’s Bay icon. Fresh, cleansing, loaded with tropicality and finishign with great tension – it’s a delight. Trinity Hill
Riverby Estate Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021
Riverby Estate Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021 $28 Grown on land transformed by the redirection of Marlborough’s Opawa River back in the 1930s, this pinot noir erupts with bright redcurrant, raspberry and rhubarb aromas which just instantly make you grin. The palate is slippery, soothing and juicy and unveils a core of lightly charred oak, soft … Read More
Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Marlborough Albariño 2022
Estate Single Vineyard Marlborough Albariño 2022 $23-$27 I can see myself slathering this sauce across some sort of sublime Spanish fish dish and for that reason I’d launch myself into a bottle of this shiny-new albariño (pronounced al–bar-een-yo) While the spiritual home of Spain’s signature white wine might be in the Rías Baixas (ree-hass bye-shass) … Read More
Clos Henri Solange Marlborough Blanc de Noirs Methode Traditionnelle 2020
Clos Henri Solange Marlborough Blanc de Noirs Methode Traditionnelle 2020 $45 ‘Sainte Solange’ is the tiny rimu chapel relocated in 2003 to the Clos Henri vineyard to serve as their tasting room. Named in memory of Solange Bourgeois, the late wife of Clos Henri’s founder Henri Bourgeois, ‘Solange’ also means ‘dignified’ in French so it … Read More
Grove Mill Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Grove Mill Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 $15-$18 Loaded with lemongrass, bruised basil and crammed with classic cut-grass, passionfruit and buckets of energetic, bracing acidity. It’s a deliciously dry style, not flabby and overly tropical, instead it’s refined, sweaty, spicy complexity and all-round sippability makes it a crowd pleaser for sure. Grove Mill
Two Rivers The Spring Marlborough Chardonnay 2020
Two Rivers The Spring Marlborough Chardonnay 2020 $55 Crafted from 30yo Mendoza clone vines, this wine is one of the most hands-off styles that winemaker Dave Clouston and his team create. A teensy bit cloudy due to it not being fined or filtered (another excellent thing), this chardonnay erupts with grilled stonefruit intensity, scorched oak … Read More