Q Waitaki Pinot Noir 2022 $65 Waitaki is one of the hardest places in the world to grow grapes, the climate is extreme, it’s a harsh environment but grapevines thrive in that ‘treat em mean, keep em keen’ situation and who are we to judge? This pinot noir has a gentle earthiness, baked cherry and … Read More
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Q Waitaki Valley Pinot Noir 2021
Q Waitaki Valley Pinot Noir 2021 Sipping this wine gave me a flashback to a dream I had recently, in which I remember swirling, sniffing, and sipping a pinot, then saying, ‘This is delicious. I’ll take a bottle!’ to which someone replied, ‘Ms Lorkin, this is a church. Let go of the cup and sit … Read More
Q Waitaki Valley Barrel Reserve Pinot Gris 2023
Q Waitaki Barrel Reserve Valley Pinot Gris 2023 $34 What a gris this turned out to be, with its apricot and quince paste perfume that merges with notes of Golden Delicious apple and scorched nashi to create rich, lengthy lusciousness on the palate. It’s energetic, exciting, a little raunchy, and a lot like a Guy … Read More
Q Waitaki Valley Chardonnay 2021
Q Waitaki Valley Chardonnay 2021 $42 Never heard of Q? It’s a tiny producer growing grapes in Waitaki’s deep limestone soils, only making wine when the fruit is perfect. The Waitaki wine region sits right on the southern edge of Canterbury and the northern lip of Otago, and it’s one of the most inhospitable climates … Read More
Q Waitaki Chardonnay 2023
Q Waitaki Chardonnay 2023 $42-$59 Incredibly golden in the glass and glowing with tropical tantalistic intensity. I love its fresh apricot and pineapple punchiness, rich viscosity and generosity of flavour. A slip of toasty oak injects complexity and another delicious dimension. Beautifully balanced, this is an excellent wine! Q Wine
Kinross The Last Drop Waitaki North Otago Late Harvest Riesling 2020
Kinross The Last Drop Waitaki North Otago Late Harvest Riesling 2020 $45 The colour of this late harvest riesling has incredible green flecks, making it bright like a lime diamond. Sweet yet showing bracing acidity and refreshing textures alongside a honeyed spine. It’s a delicious palate cleanser. Kinross
Nockies Palette Waitaki Pinot Gris 2023
Nockie’s Palette Waitaki Pinot Gris 2023 $32 Bracingly fresh and showing classic chalky, nashi and yellow plum characters, this snappy-dry pinot gris is grown in one of the toughest places in the world to grow grapes, Waitaki, on the South Canterbury-North Otago border, on the banks of the Waitaki River. Textural, mineral-driven and creamy on … Read More
Valli Waitaki Vineyard North Otago Pinot Noir 2021
Valli Waitaki Vineyard North Otago Pinot Noir 2021 $85 Deeply savoury on the nose and laced with creamy, cherry clafoutis characters on the nose and palate. Gently structured and dusted with hedgerow herbs, it’s a suede-like style that has a calmness and zen about it despite it coming from one of the toughest places to … Read More
Valli Waitaki Vineyard North Otago Riesling 2021
Valli Waitaki Vineyard North Otago Riesling 2021 $35 Clean as a whistle and showing whipcrack precision, this Waitaki riesling is laced with lime zest, crunchy green apple and a hint of frisky mandarin on the nose and palate. flinty minerality and crushed shell notes cloak its focused acid spine and core of citrus. Finely tuned … Read More
Valli Waitaki Vineyard North Otago Pinot Gris 2021
Valli Waitaki Vineyard North Otago Pinot Gris 2021 $34.50 White gold and gleaming in the glass, this snappy-fresh pinot gris has green pear, baked apple, tweaks of ginger, spice and white peach. Crafted by Jen Parr, it’s an intense style, with slight herbaceous notes, white pepper and a complex, dry. slightly saline mouthfeel. Valli Wine
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