Hans Herzog Vermentino 2021
A pale gold in the glass, with a briney nose filled with aromas of mandarin, fennel, candy apple, dried hay, pea pod, grapefruit peel and flowering rosemary. Dry, with a …
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Askerne Reserve Chardonnay 2021
A refined nose – nothing too ballistic here – with a clean intensity and minerality. Aromas of sweet lemon, tarragon, chestnut, grapefruit peel, nougat and golden apple. A zesty, saline …
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WineFolio Top 10 Tasting: ‘Other Whites’
We sneaked in a Top 10 Tasting, only a couple of months since our endeavours with Red Blends – www.winefolio.co.nz/?p=5323 – as one of our crew – Morningside legend Nigel …
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Unison Selection 2002
From the Gimblett Gravels sub-region of Hawke’s Bay, and a delicious twenty years of gentle cellaring and ageing. A blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah; showing a dense ruby, …
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Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay Collection 2021
From Hawke’s Bay Winegrowers – a selection of 2020 vintage Chardonnay – a stellar year – I’m expecting some superb wines in this collection, showing great regional – even sub-regional …
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Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 1998
Courtesy of sparring partner and retired winemaker, Larry McKenna; comes the chance to try an older vintage of a wine I’ve had a few goes at recently. The oldest version …
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Trinity Hill Gimblett Gravels Chardonnay 2020
A return to a WineFolio favourite – the 2018 vintage was the winning wine in our Top 10 tasting of New Zealand Chardonnays. The 2020 vintage is also now the …
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Testify ‘Red’ 2020
Daniel Brennan’s ‘Big red’ of his stable of Testify/Decibel/Giunta wines. This year it is still Gimblett Gravels fruit, but with 20% Merlot joining the Malbec party. A dense dark purple …
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A tour around the best of Australian Chardonnays
At a long weekend staying at Clearview Homestead recently, not only did I get to taste a regional selection of the 2020 Hawke’s Bay Chardonnays; a long afternoon of Californian …
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Escarpment Kupe Pinot Noir 2013
From the Kupe vineyard just east of Martinborough on its terraced, alluvial gravel soils, comes this top-drawer Pinot Noir, made one of the country’s legendary winemakers – Larry McKenna. Huw …
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