Brookfields Marshall Bank Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2020 $37 Just gonna put it out there to say I feel this is the best Marshall Bank chardonnay Pete Robertson and his team have ever produced. Dangerously drinkable, and deliciously defined, it absolutely pops with pineapple, roast peach, rockmelon, yellow plum and toasted almond notes on the nose … Read More
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Domain Road Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Domain Road Central Otago Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $24 This absolute banger from Bannockburn just proves Marlborough isn’t always the centre of the sauvignon blanc universe. Dripping with delicious citrus, fragrant elderflower and peachy notes this sauvignon was sourced from the Crosbie family’s Defiance vineyard which could explain why it’s such a seriously tasty rebel. Whole-bunch … Read More
Main Divide North Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Main Divide North Canterbury Sauvignon Blanc 2021 $20 If you have a hankering for sauvignon blanc saturated with ripe lemon, punchy peach, frisky florals, feijoa and a kick of kiwifruit, then this is your jam. Actually not really jam, although sauvignon blanc jam or jelly does sound rather glorious. Anyhoo – this wine is gently … Read More
Main Divide North Canterbury Gewürztraminer 2020
Main Divide North Canterbury Gewürztraminer 2020 $20 Here ye gewürztraminals!! My What’s Your Wine Wednesday highlight is the glorious Main Divide North Canterbury Gewürztraminer 2020 ($20) from the frisky folk at Pegasus Bay Winery. It’s crammed with juicy lychee and punchy, peachy flavours, edged with ginger and spice and layered with luxurious textures from start … Read More
Trinity Hill 125 Gimblett Chardonnay 2020
Trinity Hill 125 Gimblett Chardonnay 2020 $80 Crafted from fruit grown at their Tin Shed vineyard at 125 Gimblett Road, this chardonnay is supremely elegant. Boasting an aromatic hit of smoked almonds, caramelised oak, buttered cinnamon toast, grilled grapefruit and baked nectarine, it’s intoxicating from the first whiff. All those characters osmose onto the palate … Read More
Village Vineyards Havelock North Chardonnay 2020
Village Vineyards Havelock North Chardonnay 2020 $30 The Evans family recently took over what was Red Barrel wines (which, before that was Zeppelin Wines) and their first, own-made chardonnay is light, citrus-stacked and suitably toasty. Grown on their home vineyard on Te Mata Road, the handpicked fruit was whole bunch pressed then fermented in old … Read More
Scout Central Otago Pinot Gris 2021
Scout Central Otago Pinot Gris 2021 $27 Woah Nelly!! Here’s a richly-crafted, spice-driven pinot gris that takes no prisoners in the taste stakes. Dry, lengthy and boosted with baked apple and anise characters, it’s a bold, full-bodied gris with a tweak of guava on the finish. I love how generous and toasty in the mid-palate … Read More
Gibson Bridge Reserve Marlborough Gewürztraminer 2016
Gibson Bridge Reserve Marlborough Gewürztraminer 2016 $30 Five years on from vintage and this wine is maturing into something you’d definitely want to take out to dinner and maybe invite back to yours for a nightcap and some Netflix. Quite the opposite of those blousy, sweet, commercial styles – this one is musky-dry and spliced … Read More
Gibson Bridge Marlborough Pinot Gris Rosé 2020
Gibson Bridge Marlborough Pinot Gris Rosé 2020 $28 Crafted from the tiny, 6ha vineyard owned by Julie and Howard Simmonds, the pinky-grey skins of pinot gris grapes have allowed the colour of this wine to take on its soft, coral colour. Don’t expect your conventional nashi pear, peach and apple characters of commercial pinot gris … Read More
Gibson Bridge Celebration Méthode Traditionelle Marlborough Pinot Gris Rosé Zero Dosage 2020
Gibson Bridge Celebration Méthode Traditionelle Marlborough Pinot Gris Rosé Zero Dosage 2020 $56 Fans of super-dry sparkling wine with a yeasty, nutty kick will lean toward this style for sure. No sugar was added after the secondary ferment and disgorgement stage of this wine, and that differentiates it from the clear bottle version in that … Read More