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
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Valli Bannockburn Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021
Valli Bannockburn Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021 $65-$75 One of the most silky, smooth, precisely structured Central Otago pinot noir’s I’ve experienced in a long time. Soothing, savoury and bursting at the seams with roasted rhubarb, wild berries, crabapple complexity and tannins that lurk in the background like a shy kid at the school … Read More
Huntress Waikura Wairarapa Rosé 2023
Huntress Waikura Wairarapa Rosé 2023 $30 ‘Waikura’ is a reference to the crimson-red glow in the sky in sunrise and sunset in Te Reo Māori, and as soon as you pour this into your glass you’ll see how the colour is deep and glowing. Crafted using Abel clone fruit which has been soaked on its … Read More
Foxes Island Artist Series 2014 Release La Lapine & Pinot Noir
It’s not every day you get to taste 9yo Marlborough sauvignon blanc and pinot noir – but if the opportunity presents itself then leap on it I say! Foxes Island has just released The Artist Series – two limited edition library wines designed to profile a talented local artist but also to raise funds to … Read More
Colere Fractal Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020
Colere Fractal Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020 $60 Paired with Annabel Langbein’s – Mushroom Risotto recipe in the NZ Herald Canvas Magazine Aug 12 2023. If you’re considering pairing anything other than pinot noir with a mushroom risotto then I’m afraid we can’t be friends. Just jokes. But not really. In fact I’d urge you toward … Read More
Tironui Above & Beyond Hawke’s Bay Malbec Merlot Cabernet 2022
Tironui Above & Beyond Hawke’s Bay Malbec Merlot Cabernet 2022 $39 Styled differently to the previous 2020 vintage, this version has a more herbaceous, savoury spectrum. It’s lighter, more floral, but perhaps lacking the depth and texture of previous vintages.
Lowburn Ferry Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021
Lowburn Ferry Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021 $45 Paired with Annabel Langbein’s Cheesy Corn and Pesto Polenta Bake in the NZ Herald July 29th 2023 While it might seem a touch odd to see a red wine in your glass next to a dish like this. All that herbaceous pesto and cheesy corn should surely … Read More
Bendigo Hills Organic Central Otago Pinot Rosé 2022
Bendigo Hills Organic Central Otago Pinot Rosé 2022 $22 When you taste how delicate this morganite-hued wine is, it won’t surprise you to learn that the certified organic pinot noir it’s made from was hand-picked and gently whole-bunch pressed and cleverly made into a soft, dry style evocative of pink peppercorn and redcurrant characters. Cleansing, … Read More
Bendigo Hills Organic Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021
Bendigo Hills Organic Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021 $29 Crafted using gentle, biodynamic principles, this handpicked pinot was grown on the sun-baked, North-facing slopes of Bendigo and given a calm ferment in 4-tonne oak cuve’s with a 3-week post-ferment soak on its skins before being gently pressed, aged for 10 months then gently bottled. Winemakers … Read More
Brockenchack Jack Harrison Eden Valley Shiraz 2018
Brockenchack Jack Harrison Eden Valley Shiraz 2018 $69 Made from 54yo grapevines by the ultra-talented Joanne Irvine, Brockenchack’s flagship shiraz is named after the grandson of founders Trevor and Marilyn Harch. Jack is the company viticulturist and is training to become their future winemaker. So no pressure then! Put all your thoughts of shiraz being … Read More