Chard Farm Mata-Au Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018 $47 Whenever the Chard Farm family release a ‘Mata-Au’ (pronounced martar-oh) I do a little dance because it’s a floral, flavour-packed, rhubarb-infused sip with buckets of spice, exotic textures and yet has a silky, subtle mouthfeel. Crafted from fruit grown in Chard Farm’s vineyards in Parkburn and … Read More
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Drummond Farm Back Block Martinborough Pinot Noir 2017
Drummond Farm Back Block Martinborough Pinot Noir 2017 $29 Bricky-red in the glass, this 3yo pinot noir is cantering along nicely. Showing layers of savoury spices, freshly-turned earth, smoked rhubarb, wild strawberries, redcurrant and there’s even a slight creamy complexity underlying the spices. Unfined, unfiltered and crafted with minimal sulphur additions, it’s a rumpty, robust … Read More
Drummond Farm Martinborough Pinot Noir 2018
Drummond Farm Martinborough Pinot Noir 2018 $31 Just a baby, this pinot noir crafted by Alex Muir, is dedicated to his Dad “for all the words of wisdom and reassuring arm over the shoulder moments”. He’s two rows of each clone planted and co-fermented them together to create a signature style from their land. Plump … Read More
Drummond Farm Back Block Martinborough Pinot Noir 2018
Drummond Farm Back Block Martinborough Pinot Noir 2018 $29 Alex Muir has crafted an unfined, unfiltered pinot noir with only the bare minimum of sulphur added from his Back Block vineyard and it’ll definitely appeal to those who like their pinot light and spicy. Its a softly-styled example with a slightly funky vein running through … Read More
Drummond Farm Martinborough Pinot Noir 2017
Drummond Farm Martinborough Pinot Noir 2017 $31 I really love how on the label of this bottle it says very succinctly “harvested in 2017, matured in barrel until 2018 and finally bottled in July 2018”. It gives you a quick scan of how their winemaking season runs for pinot noir. Unfined and unfiltered, with only … Read More
Pegasus Bay Prima Donna Waipara Pinot Noir 2010
Pegasus Bay Prima Donna Waipara Pinot Noir 2010 $120 Ivan Donaldson planted the first vineyard in Canterbury back in 1976, ten years later, together with his wife Christine, he established Pegasus Bay. Today all four of their sons and two spouses are all involved in the business and it’s fair rocketing along. Prima Donna is … Read More
Pegasus Bay Aged Release Waipara Pinot Noir 2010
Pegasus Bay Aged Release Waipara Pinot Noir 2010 $65 Back in 2006 the Donaldson family of Pegasus Bay began witholding stock and stashing it away to sleep quietly for at least a decade before being released again to the public. Now it’s time for those 2010’s to really show us what they’re made of. Their … Read More
Trinity Hill Homage Syrah 2018
Trinity Hill Homage Syrah 2018 $150 THE TECHNICAL: This is the new vintage release of one of New Zealand’s most sought-after syrah’s. Produced only in years when the fruit is exceptional, the 2018 Homage was crafted from 99.6% syrah and 0.4% viognier hand-harvested from three different Gimblett Gravels sites including 70% Gimblett Estate, 19% Tin … Read More
Marin Barbacoa Cariñena Garnacha Tempranillo 2017
Marin Barbacoa Cariñena Garnacha Tempranillo 2017 $19.99 Hand me my poncho, a pistol and a plucky pony and I’m roaring off into the Spanish sunset to find another bottle of this gorgeous grenache tempranillo blend. Charred and meaty and smashed with dark berries and soy, it’s a spicy, grip-around-the-gums style that’ll shiver your timbers and … Read More
Tiki Koro Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019
Tiki Koro Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019 $34.99 Fermented in open-topped fermenters, this intensely spicy Central Otago pinot noir is one that ticks boxes if you’re a fan of spiced cherry, exotic scents, wild red notes like redcurrant, rhubarb and raspberry. It’s juicy, multi-layered and shows refreshing acidity and a silky finish. http://wwww.tikiwine.com