San Pedro Castillo de Molina Reserva D.O Valle de Curicó Pinot Noir 2017 $29 Made by Matius Cruzat, this Chilean pinot noir has a scorched, toasty, nutty note that surrounds an earthy, forest-floor character on the nose. On the palate it’s moving into secondary flavours of prune, dried herb and shows hints of tobacco. The … Read More
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Te Mania Nelson Pinot Noir 2019
Te Mania Nelson Pinot Noir 2019 $27 Fresh as a daisy and stacked with spice, the acidity is super-youthful yet pushes redcurrant, cherry and tangy tamarillo to the fore. Certified organic, it’s a style that demands a large, swirlable glass to soften it out and plump it up, and once that oxygen takes hold it … Read More
Te Kano Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018
Te Kano Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018 $49 The international buzz for this wine is the equivalent of pouring Phar Lap, Lorraine Downes, Rod & Rach, Richie McCaw, LOTR and Lucy Lawless into a bottle and basking in the glory. Boasting concentrated cherry, powerful plum, saucy spices and dried herb complexity, it’s no wonder it … Read More
Tupari Awatere Valley Pinot Noir 2018
Tupari Awatere Valley Pinot Noir 2018 $30 If you have a hankering for rich, velvety Pinot Noir with layers of fruit and savoury seductiveness stitched together by rhubarb and redcurrant, then this is your magic potion. Fresh, vibrant and saturated with exotic flavours, the texture is slippery, lithe and lovely. Nicely made indeed. http://www.tupari.co.nz
Junction Body And Soul Central Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2012
Junction Body And Soul Central Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2012 $36 90% new French oak was used to mature this, the signature wine of the Ashworth family, grown in their vineyard located at the junction of State Highway 2 and the mighty State Highway 50. Eleven years on from harvest and the wine has morphed … Read More
Jackson Estate Vintage Widow Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017
Jackson Estate Vintage Widow Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 $40 Hand harvested into 26 separate batches which were all kept completely apart until the final blend, this wine is an ode to the oft-forgotten men and women in relationships with winemakers, who spend weeks every year barely seeing them while the harvest is rolling. Bright and … Read More
Domain Road Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019
Domain Road Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019 $40 Sourced from two vineyards in Bannockburn, their Defiance site on Felton Rd and their Domain Road site, the grapes are lovingly watched over by Fiona Johnson before being handpicked, destemmed into stainless steel, fermented then aged in French oak barriques (30% new) for around 10 months. The … Read More
Hawkshead Private Blend Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019
Hawkshead Private Blend Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019 $44 William Swainson, Fellow of the Royal Society, was a natural history scholar and a naturalist who arrived in New Zealand in 1841. Hawkshead was the name of his first home here, and when his descendant Denis Marshall(ex-Minister of Conservation, Minister of Lands, and Associate Minister of … Read More
Mahi Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019
Mahi Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019 $34 Three vineyards provided the fruit for this lip smacking example, Fareham Road, Byrne and Ward which is located 45kms south of Blenheim. It’s a dark, glossy, spice-saturated style that’s laced with soft smoky tones from gentle hand-plunging and 13 months in French barriques, a core of black cherry, tamarillo … Read More
Wither Hills the Honourable Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017
Wither Hills the Honourable Taylor River Run Pinot Noir 2017 $74.99 In a kind of back-to-front fashion, I tasted the newer, 2018 vintage of this wine before being fortunate enough to see a glass of this, the 2017. Named after The Honourable Charles Bigg Wither, who purchased the Taylor River Run no.14 back in 1848. … Read More