Rock Ferry Marlborough Brut Pinot Blanc 2022 $35 Pinot Blanc is known as many names in different parts of the world. It’s Weissburgunder or Klevner in Austria, Fehér Burgundi in Hungary, Pinot Bianco in Spain and Italy, Rulandské bílé in the Czech Republic, Rulandské Biele in Slovakia and Bijeli Pinot in Croatia. So there you … Read More
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Rock Ferry The Corners Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Rock Ferry The Corners Vineyard Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023 $29 A really layered and interesting Sauvignon Blanc here from the organic Corners vineyard on the Wairau plains where predominantly Clone 316 vines grow. Fermented wild in a combo of a concrete egg and seasoned, older French Oak puncheons and left on lees for 8 months, … Read More
Rock Ferry The Corners Vineyard Marlborough Cabernet Franc 2023
Rock Ferry The Corners Vineyard Marlborough Cabernet Franc 2023 $47.90 A deliciously vibrant Cabernet Franc from one of Marlborough’s organic viticulture pioneers. It’s a wine perfumed with smoked blueberry, fresh tobacco, bright berries, bay leaf, soft herbaceousness and a lick of earthy complexity. Fresh, energetic and showing luscious, softly prickly tannins, plush textures and a … Read More
Carrick Organic Bannockburn Pinot Blanc 2024
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
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