Wairiki Wines Grace Hawke’s Bay White Pinot 2023 $28 It’s spring all year round when you sip this stunning new release from Brent Linn and his team at Wairiki. Crafted from 100% handpicked, Maraekakaho-grown pinot noir that’s pressed immediately to avoid any colour uptake from the skins, this wine erupts with green apple, white peach … Read More
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Wairiki Wines The Optimist Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2020
Wairiki Wines The Optimist Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2020 $25 I’d like to think I’m an optimist, but comparing my annual school photos, you can see me becoming an adult via the gradual draining of emotion in my expression. Thank heaven for the baked strawberry notes, earthy plushness, slightly foxy aromas, tweaks of tamarillo, and … Read More
Wairiki The Matriarch Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2021
Wairiki The Matriarch Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2021 $31 Grown in the famous Mangatahi soils west of Hastings, where the vine roots curl around enormous stones known as ‘Mangatahi swedes’, this chardonnay is a rare thing indeed. Just three barrels were made of this, the flagship chardonnay of the Linn family, only made when the fruit … Read More
Wairiki Wines Grace Hawke’s Bay White Pinot 2021
Wairiki Wines Grace Hawke’s Bay White Pinot 2021 $25 This ultra-pale, apricot hue of this wine is the result of handpicked pinot noir being pressed as soon as the grapes arrive at the winery. This means only a teensy tweak of colour from those dark, pinot noir skins is able to bleed into the clear … Read More