Rock Ferry Orchard Vineyard Marlborough Pinot Rosé 2021 $25 Paired with Annabel Langbein’s Rainbow Energy Salad in Canvas Magazine, NZ Herald Sat Nov 6 2021 With pomegranate, beetroot, carrots, chickpeas and more nuts than a dukkah factory, this salad screams out for a deliciously dry, certified organic, biodynamically-grown rosé. Tah dahh! Introducing a crunchy-crisp, apple … Read More
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Gladstone Vineyard Wairarapa Pinot Noir 2019
Gladstone Vineyard Wairarapa Pinot Noir 2019 $36 A stylishly savoury pinot noir that’s been grown organically and carefully shepherded into the bottle by Ollie Wylie and Chief Winemaker Eddie McDougall, this is a style that is absolutely classic Gladstone. Cherry, tamarillo and dried herb layers wash across deliciously dusty tannins and compliment its supple acidity. … Read More
Rocca delle Macie Tenuta Sant Alfonso Chianti Classico 2018
Rocca delle Macie Tenuta Sant Alfonso Chianti Classico 2018 $34.99 Word on the street is that 2018 could be the best vintage yet of this hugely popular sangiovese. Earthy, liquorice and smoke-laced aromatics link with pomegranate and cherry characters, iron filings, graphite and leads to a smooth, meaty mouthfeel. It hits that balance that good … 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
Mud House Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020
Mud House Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020 $22 Sourced from the famed Claim 431 vineyard, this superb value for money pinot noir is packed with punchy raspberry and cherry characters, floral feistiness on the nose, fresh acidity and saucy spice layers on the finish. Easy, lush and very very nice for the price. Mud House
Calvert Bannockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018
Calvert Bannockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018 $64 Lovers of great New Zealand pinot noir will be familiar with the name ‘Calvert’. It appears on some of the greatest examples to ever come from Central Otago. The vineyard itself is located on Felton Road in Bannockburn and the Calvert family were one of the first … Read More
Folding Hill Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017
Folding Hill Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017 $45 A bumper 2017 harvest means that finally there’s more Folding Hill pinot noir to go around than previous vintages and that’s an excellent thing. This year the pinot has less of the meaty, earthy, savoury tones of the 2016 and more of the blueberry, tamarillo and spice … Read More
Folding Hill Orchard Block Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016
Folding Hill Orchard Block Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016 $45 Just 80 cases were made of this smooth, silky pinot noir, which grows in a small block next door to an orchard of cider apple trees. Wild fermented and matured in oak barrels for 20 months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered, this is a … Read More
Church Road 1 Single Vineyard Redstone Syrah 2019
Church Road 1 Single Vineyard Redstone Syrah 2019 $120 The ‘treat ’em mean, keep ’em keen philosophy applied by winemaker Chris Scott to these vines, is pretty hardcore. I mean dropping the crop by 60%-70%? That’s practically abuse! And yet this Bridge Pa-grown wine tastes like its long, loose bunches have been lovingly cuddled and … Read More
Church Road 1 Single Vineyard Gimblett Gravels Malbec 2020
Church Road 1 Single Vineyard Gimblett Gravels Malbec 2020 $120 Cropped to just one bunch per shoot, a very meagre amount equating to roughly 1.2 – 1.3kg of fruit per 1m of canopy, it’s no wonder the wine smells and tastes so densely concentrated. Soft, suede-like tannins cloak a core of seasoned leather, graphite, smoky … Read More