Reviews

A new Chenin from Esk Valley – it’s been seven years since the last one in 2013! From a new site – the Two Terraces vineyard we’ve featured elsewhere on …

From perhaps the best known vineyard in the region, now owned by Giesen, comes this single vineyard expression Pinot Noir. A deep coloured cardinal with a little brick red to …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 – …

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 …

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 …