A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
This well regarded chardonnay from Hawke’s Bay has won a great many awards over the years, and had a hand in pioneering the ‘modern’ reductive chardonnay style with the distinctive …
Church Road ‘Grand Reserve’ Chardonnay 2018 Read More
Made by Master of Wine Sam Harrop, from a higher-altitude Hawke’s Bay vineyard. Lime peel, orange blossom and white cherry on the nose, with a hint of struck-match flinty reductiveness. …
Grand Amateur – The Watchmaker Chardonnay 2017 Read More
From Central Otago, and a great vintage, this multi award-winner (most recently the Champion Organic Red at NZ Wine of the Year) is made with fruit from Bendigo, Pisa and …
Peregrine Pinot Noir 2017 Read More
A Central Otago Chardonnay from a single vineyard site in Lowburn. Light lemon-green in the glass, with fresh tropical aromas of pineapple, cherry blossom and brioche on the nose. An …
Matt Connell Lowburn SV Chardonnay 2018 Read More
A North Canterbury wine, from a Biogro-certified vineyard. Pale straw colour, with apricot and white peach, plus an elderflower lift to the nose. The palate is rich and succulent – …
Terrace Edge Pinot Gris 2017 Read More
Fairly rare to find a New Zealand Tempranillo, the grape that made its name in Rioja wines – but here, from the great red wine district of Gimblett Gravels, is …
Trinity Hill Gimblett Gravels Tempranillo 2018 Read More
Made by Kate Radburnd in tanks at cool temperatures, with no oak. ‘Sur Lie’ indicates that the wine is kept on the dead yeast cells (lie) – these are then …
Pask Small Batch Chardonnay ‘Sur Lie’ 2014 Read More
Not shy of winning hatfuls of awards and medals, the latest vintage of this stellar Central Otago Pinot Noir just won another Gold Medal – at NZIWS this October. A beautiful …
Wild Earth Pinot Noir 2017 Read More
First of a couple of aromatics this weekend – trying to go through the cellar a bit. Don’t know much about this wine… a lemon-gold in the glass, and has …
Beach House ‘Stoney Beach Gravel’ Gewurztraminer 2013 Read More
From Tietjen Witters (TW) on the “golden slope” in Gisborne, this wine is a blend of Viognier and Chardonnay. There’s a very floral nose to this wine – honeysuckle and …
TW Wines CV 2017 Read More