Coxhead Creek Matakana Verdelho 2022 $22 This is the third version of Coxhead Creek’s verdelho that I’ve had the good fortune to taste and I’ve got to day it’s fast becoming one of my favourite ‘other’ white wine styles and it definitely provides a touchstone for Northland with this plucky Portuguese variety. The 2022 is … Read More
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Bleasdale The Wild Pear Langhorne Creek Sauvignon Blanc Verdelho 2021
Bleasdale The Wild Pear Langhorne Creek Sauvignon Blanc Verdelho 2021 $19 There are wild pear trees growing beside the oldest vines on the Bleasdale Estate that’ve been there for so long, no-one actually knows their age. Verdelho grown in Langhorne Creek tends to take on a pear-like perfume and that merges magically with the tropical … Read More
Coxhead Creek Matakana Verdelho 2020
Coxhead Creek Matakana Verdelho 2020 This is a bigger beast than the previous vintage and that makes me a very happy camper. It’s a new style absolutely heaving with lemon and juicy nectarine notes, hints of toast and white pepper alongside soft peach, whiskers of walnutty notes and a beautifully textural and lengthy finish. Love … Read More
Coxhead Creek Matakana Verdelho 2020
Coxhead Creek Matakana Verdelho 2020 $25 I love the lifted apple and peach aromatics on this little lovely from Michael Lorimer’s Matakana vineyard, and I love even more the fact that it’s Verdelho! Yay! Verdelho is a VERY rare grape on our shores, which is a shame because it absolutely roars when planted in the … Read More
Rapaura Springs The Springs Vineyard Marlborough Verdelho 2017
Rapaura Springs The Springs Vineyard Marlborough Verdelho 2017 $32.99 Summer flowers, aromatic, crunchy stonefruit and buckets of soft herbs and white peachy and basil and bouyant and bold. Lemon pith, complex, white pepper and nectarine notes. I really love this wine because of its a funky fabulousness.