Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Blanc 2024 $42 So here are a couple of cool things to know about Pinot Blanc from the good folks at Wikipedia (whom you should donate to btw). It’s also known as Pinot Bianco in Italy, Beli Pinot in Slovenia), Rulandské Biele in Slovakia and Weisser Burgunder in Germany and Austria and … Read More
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Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Gris 2024
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Gris 2024 $32 Wild fermented in a combo of stainless steel tanks and old, seasoned French oak barriques, the tank proportion ferment was stopped to conserve a splash of 6% residual sugar, and the wine that was in the barrels was left on its skins for a month before being fermented … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Riesling 2024
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Riesling 2024 $32 With a splash of citrus sweetness merging with classic Granny Smith apple, mandarin and layers of lemon and lime, this riesling is youthfully fresh and satisfying. A touch hollow in the mid-palate, but highly textural upfront, it’s a taut, style that would work brilliantly with spicy Thai fish cakes. … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir Rosé 2024
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir Rosé 2024 $39 Ultra-clean, with hints of creaming soda, salinity, white raspberry, white peach, mandarin and grapefruit pith on the nose and palate, this is a complex, zesty-textured style with fantastic persistence of flavour. Winemakers Rosie Menzies and Zoe Kane (who shepherded their recent wines through to bottle while Rosie … Read More
Carrick EBM Organic Cairnmuir Terraces Chardonnay 2021
Carrick EBM Organic Cairnmuir Terraces Chardonnay 2021 $53 Is it wrong to kick off a wine review with the word woof? Straight out the gate, it’s called EBM because that’s short for ‘Extended Barrel Maturation’ which, for this chardonnay anyway, injects a supremely rich, roasty, toasty element to its underlying baked peach, pineapple and grilled … Read More
Carrick Excelsior Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2021
Carrick Excelsior Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2021 $110 A supremely fine, stylish and sophisticated pinot noir, the Excelsior has lifted, youthful textures which cloak a core of gunsmoke, wild cherry, baked rhubarb and rooibos tea. Fresh, floral and frisky-textured, it’s a multi-layered pinot noir that’s finely tuned and built for the long haul. Named after … Read More
Carrick Arthur’s Vineyard Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022
Carrick Arthur’s Vineyard Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022 $80 Crafted from just one clone, (10/5 if you’re wondering) from a single, northwest-facing site where the vines grow on their own roots (uncommon in New Zealand), this wine is named after the founders of this Bannockburn vineyard, Bill and Sue Arthur. Only ever made when the … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022 $51 Sourced from four parcels of mixed-clone vines that are closing in on 30 years old, this is Carrick’s flagship wine, the one that makes it a star in restaurants around the world, the one that has pinot fans antsy for release dates for each vintage. Spice-stacked and laced … Read More
Te Mania Organic Nelson Chardonnay 2023
Te Mania Organic Nelson Chardonnay 2023 $27 Here’s a chardonnay travelling down the citrus side of the street and is laced with spicy oak, almond meal complexity and edged with grilled stonefruit on the finish. Slightly short, but a good wine for a large crowd. Te Mania
Te Mania Nelson Riesling 2023
Te Mania Nelson Riesling 2023 $22 Scented with crushed shells, lime zest and freshly-sliced Granny Smith apples, this Nelsonian riesling has squint-factor fifty when it comes to zesty acidity and that roars through to the citrus-stacked finish. Te Mania