Trinity Hill Gimblett Gravels Tempranillo 2022

2 September 2024By Yvonne

Trinity Hill Gimblett Gravels Tempranillo 2022 $39 The team at Trinity Hill have been growing Tempranillo in their Gimblett Gravels vineyard since forever ago, and if I had a dollar for how many times this wine has scooped gold medals and trophies in the ‘other reds’ category in local wine shows, I’d probably  have enough … Read More

Trinity Hill Gimblett Gravels Tempranillo 2021

15 December 2022By Yvonne

Trinity Hill Gimblett Gravels Tempranillo 2021 $39.99 Trinity Hill first bottled tempranillo back in 2002, from a single barrel, making just 25 dozen bottles. They were one of the first wineries in New Zealand to leap into tempranillo and since then they’ve become an absolute force for good. Especially when it’s from one of Hawke’s … Read More

St Huberts The Stag Victoria Tempranillo Shiraz 2020

10 August 2022By Yvonne

St Huberts The Stag Victoria Tempranillo Shiraz 2020 $19.99 Inky-dark and glossy, this pepper-stacked sip is bursting with dark cocoa, liquorice, prunes, blackberry and cherry notes which roll across the tongue in tsunamis of taut tannins and fantastically fleshy textures. If you’re having lasagne, there’s also nothing better than a hearty, knee-wobblingly ribsticking red like … Read More

Bodegas Aragonesas Duque Sevilla Campo de Borja Garnacha Tempranillo 2020

4 June 2022By Yvonne

Bodegas Aragonesas Duque Sevilla Campo de Borja Garnacha Tempranillo 2020  Bodegas Aragonesas was founded in 1984 by members of a former cooperative who wanted to raise the overall quality of the wines and to market their wines themselves. Today, the Aragonesas is by far the largest bodega in Campo de Borja and boasts Grenache vines … Read More

Leftfield The Hatchling Hawke’s Bay Red Blend 2019

31 May 2022By Yvonne

Leftfield The Hatchling Hawke’s Bay Red Blend 2019 $17.99 Paired with: Annabel Langbein’s Steak and kidney pie in Canvas Magazine NZ Herald Sat 4th June 2022 Boost your core-ingredient count from two (steak + kidney) to six by serving up a gloriously spicy glass of this blend of merlot, tempranillo, cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon. … Read More

Hawkes Ridge Hawke’s Bay Rosado 2020

26 April 2021By Yvonne

Hawkes Ridge Hawke’s Bay Rosado 2020 $20 Made from 100% Tempranillo, this wine takes it’s name from the Spanish word for rosé. It is an unusual style, edged with savoury notes, hints of rhubarb and smoked fruits. So long as you’re up for something a little bit funky and not something fruity, then this could … Read More

Rock Ferry Trig Hill Vineyard Central Otago Tempranillo 2016

30 September 2020By Yvonne

Rock Ferry Trig Hill Vineyard Central Otago Tempranillo 2016 $45 Not only is this tempranillo from Central Otago (as unlikely as that sounds), it’s also organic AND darn excellent.  The aromatics sing of bay leaf, drying flax, leather and coffee, prune and saucy, scorched toast, and all those delicious things osmose through onto the palate. … Read More

Marin Barbacoa Cariñena Garnacha Tempranillo 2017

4 August 2020By Yvonne

Marin Barbacoa Cariñena Garnacha Tempranillo 2017 $19.99 Hand me my poncho, a pistol and a plucky pony and I’m roaring off into the Spanish sunset to find another bottle of this gorgeous grenache tempranillo blend. Charred and meaty and smashed with dark berries and soy, it’s a spicy, grip-around-the-gums style that’ll shiver your timbers and … Read More

Los Aguilares Pago El Espino 2016

25 June 2020By Yvonne

Los Aguilares Pago El Espino 2016 $52.85 Produced from 70% petit verdot, 20% syrah and 10% tempranillo grown at 900m altitude in the Sierra of Ronda in Malaga, this ultra-floral, fruit saturated style will wow the crowds (not that you’ll be wanting to share, but hey, the thought is there.) Ripe, buoyant blueberry, cherry and … Read More

House of Ball Romping Waipara Rosé 2017

8 August 2018By Yvonne

House of Ball Romping Waipara Rosé 2017 $32  House of Ball is a vineyard and luxury B&B property owned by Julian and Lynda Ball on Mackenzies Road in North Canterbury.  Lynda is the instigator of rosé because she was a fan of the style and wanted one of her own.  Julian, good man, obliged and … Read More