Gunn Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2016
From Ohiti Valley, Hawke’s Bay comes this reserve wine with a few years under its belt, and 2016 a cracking year for Chardonnays. It’s a very pale straw colour in …
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Terra Sancta ‘Lola’s Block’ Pinot Gris 2019
From the Terra Sancta vineyard on Felton Road, a lone plot of Pinot Gris amongst the oldest Pinot Noir vines on the property. A brilliant straw colour, with bold aromas …
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Tohu Whenua Awa Single Vineyard Pinot Blanc 2018
Going back to this cracking range of wines from Tohu – I tasted the Riesling after it won a Gold medal at NZIWS last year and it was excellent. This …
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Matahiwi ‘Holly’ Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2019
Made in the Wairarapa, but from fruit in Bridge Pa, Hawke’s Bay – Mendoza and Clone 15 grapes from a single vineyard. A brilliant pale straw colour in the glass …
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Misha’s Vineyard ‘The High Note’ Pinot Noir 2015
From the Bendigo sub-region of Central Otago comes this gorgeous Pinot Noir – aged for 5 years and ready for drinking now. A lighter colour in the glass than some …
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Seresin Reserve Chardonnay 2016
From the biodyanamic Raupo Creek vineyard in the Omaka Valley, this Marlborough Reserve wine spends an extra 6 months in puncheons after its initial 11 months barrel fermentation. Pale straw …
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Tupari Sauvignon Blanc 2018
Following an excellent tasting of the Tupari ‘Boulder Rows’ Sav a few weeks ago, now it is the turn of the ‘regular’ Sauvignon Blanc from the Awatere Valley in Marlborough. …
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Te Kairanga ‘Runholder’ Pinot Noir 2017
From the original landholdings of John Martin (founder of Martinborough), on the home block vineyard, comes this vibrant, dark crimson Pinot Noir. Floral and red-fruited on the nose with raspberry, …
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Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Chardonnay 2017
A single vineyard wine, from their Hawke’s Bay Gimblett Gravels vineyard. A pale lemon yellow with green towards the edges. Richly aromatic with white peach, roast almond croissant, mandarin peel …
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Church Road Chardonnay 2016
As I review wines, there’s a tendency to seek out ‘the best’. I want to find those great wines produced in New Zealand and present them to you, with my …
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