Village Vineyards Orchard Road Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2023 $35 Crafted from organically-grown Merlot and Syrah, this rosé not only has freshness and delicacy, it also boasts depth, charm and personality from start to finish. Raspberry, watermelon, redcurrant and a whisper of spice on the nose and palate give this wine lovely presence and persistence of … Read More
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Village Vineyards Ironhorse Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2022
Village Vineyards Ironhorse Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2022 $45 Everything about this wine displays gentle complexity and careful handling. With aromas of grilled grapefruit, roast peach and creamy cashew complexity, it’s a wine that has immediate attractiveness and yum-factor which washes across the tongue and gums with plushness. It has good presence and poise, freshness and … Read More
Village Vineyards Orchard Road Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2025
Village Vineyards Orchard Road Hawke’s Bay Rosé 2025 $35 Crisp crabapple, ripe peach, whisps of watermelon, raspberry and persimmon plushness create and aromatic and flavourmatic spectrum for this fresh, feisty, new season rosé. Cleansing, softly spiced, dry and showing hints of pink peppercorn, Provençal herbs, white strawberry and a lick of creaming soda to finish. … Read More
Village Vineyards Golden Queen Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2025
Village Vineyards Golden Queen Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2025 $35 Taking on the pale pink hue of having spent some time on its pinky-grey Pinot Gris skins, this wine is singing with fresh, frisky and fanging with red anjou pears, nashi notes, soft baking spices and hints of creamy strudel complexity. Cloudy yet crisp to … Read More
Village Vineyards Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2020
Village Vineyards Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2020 $30 Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives. I love spending time in our Auckland office because people put names on the food in the fridge which is really quaint. Right now I’m eating some spag bol called ‘Debbie’. It needs salt. This merlot … Read More
Village Vineyards Havelock North Chardonnay 2020
Village Vineyards Havelock North Chardonnay 2020 $30 The Evans family recently took over what was Red Barrel wines (which, before that was Zeppelin Wines) and their first, own-made chardonnay is light, citrus-stacked and suitably toasty. Grown on their home vineyard on Te Mata Road, the handpicked fruit was whole bunch pressed then fermented in old … Read More