Junction Possession Central Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2018

26 April 2021By Yvonne

Junction Possession Central Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2018 $29 Crafted by Leith Ashworth, one of the most talented winemakers to ever come from ex-All Black stock, this cranberry and pomegranate-packed pinot noir has freshness and an individual style all of it’s own. They don’t hand out silver medals at the Hawke’s Bay A&P Wine Awards … Read More

Rockburn The Art Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019

21 April 2021By Yvonne

Rockburn The Art Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019 $96 It’s hard to think of a more appropriate name for this supremely scented wine. It’s art. It really is. Creating a wine so multilayered and complex it could be a Jackson Pollock painting in a bottle. Pomegranate, raspberry, cherry, redcurrant and tamarillo combine with black tea, … Read More

Pegasus Bay Waipara Valley Pinot Noir 2018

20 April 2021By Yvonne

Pegasus Bay Waipara Valley Pinot Noir 2018 $52 So exotic and saucy on the nose, it could be the liquid equivalent of a Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B & Nicki Minaj co-ferment (Google them, you’ll understand) Perfumed with rain on moss, old tree trunks, sweet black tea and wild cherry – and the flavours on … Read More

Kalex Alex K Five Boroughs Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019

15 April 2021By Yvonne

Kalex Alex K Five Boroughs Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019 $19.99 Back in 2004, New York natives the Beastie Boys released their monster hip-hop album To the 5 Boroughs in praise of their city.  Eleven years later, Kalex releases its first Five Boroughs pinot in homage to the five sub-regions of Central Otago they source … Read More

Blackenbrook Nelson Pinot Noir 2019

6 April 2021By Yvonne

Blackenbrook Nelson Pinot Noir 2019 $29 Matched with: Moroccan Lamb Meatball Pockets Annabel Langbein CANVAS in http://www.nzherald.co.nz on Sat April 10th 2021 The super-approachable Blackenbrook Nelson Pinot Noir 2019 ($29) hails from vines growing in Moutere clay soils near the sun-soaked Tasman Village.  Saturated with spices, wild cherry, and sarsaparilla, it has oodles of earthy tones and … Read More

OTU Otuwhero Estate Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020

31 March 2021By Yvonne

OTU Otuwhero Estate Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020 $22.99 Crafted from fruit grown in the Awatere Valley, this bright shiny new pinot has buckets of raspberry and rhubarb and cherry charm on the nose and palate. Not too spicy or complex, just juicy and easy and refreshing – which is exactly what you should hope to … Read More

Doctors Flat Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017

27 March 2021By Yvonne

Doctors Flat Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017 $49.50 I checked and it was almost exactly to the day that I published my review of Steve Davies, 2016 Doctors Flat Pinot Noir on this site. He fired through a bottle of the shiny new 2017 as soon as it was ready and far out am I … Read More

Framingham F Series Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019

20 March 2021By Yvonne

Framingham F Series Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019 $40 You can’t have a conversation about Marlborough pinot noir without devoting an unseemly amount of time to Framingham. Growing grapes in the Wairau Valley since 1981 has taught them a thing or thirty about getting it right, and with whole-bunch pressing, longer soakage on skins and longer … Read More

Casa Marin Cartagena San Antonio Valley Pinot Noir 2018

20 March 2021By Yvonne

Casa Marin Cartagena San Antonio Valley Pinot Noir 2018 $26 This Chilean Pinot Noir from the San Antonio Valley has that classic, stemmy, earthy, smoky, dried herb note which leads it down the meaty, savoury path. Those fabulously feral aspects merge with charred cherry, pepper, roast tamarillo and tea to create a strong-headed Pinot Noir … Read More