Church Road TOM Syrah 2015
Church Road’s first Syrah release in the TOM series, their pinnacle winemaking. This 2015 wine is a deep, brooding, inky burgundy. Plenty of fleshy, bright fruit on the nose, with …
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Love Block Sauvignon Blanc 2020
From Marlborough’s Awatere Valley, and the excellent 2020 vintage. Palest green-gold in the glass, with aromas that aren’t probably what you’d expect from this varietal and location. The nose is …
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Paritua Syrah 2018
A Hawke’s Bay Syrah, from the Paritua vineyards in Bridge Pa. Darkest burgundy-ruby in the glass, appetisingly aromatic on the nose. With an instant lift of violet, rose and lavender, …
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The Landing ‘Boathouse’ Chardonnay 2019
Handpicked fruit from the Purerua Peninsula in the Bay of Islands, in the excellent 2019 harvest. Light golden-green in the glass, with an elegant nose of peach, chestnut, greengage and …
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Terra Sancta Rosé 2019
From one of the pioneer vineyards on Felton Road in Bannockburn, with Pinot Noir fruit grown specifically for this rosé. I’m sure I’m not the only one who likes their …
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Greystone Organic Sauvignon Blanc 2019
From the company’s Waipara valley vineyards in North Canterbury. The vineyards contain an unusual mix of Sauvignon Blanc clones, including some golden-hued fruit of Loire heritage (376 and 530, for …
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Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Vineyard Syrah 2019
New Zealand Syrah is a wine that really speaks of where it is from, and this Gimblett Gravels Syrah – picked from across the blocks in the Craggy Range vineyard, …
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Te Kano Pinot Gris 2018
From Central Otago, a second look at this 2018 wine after it appeared in the ‘Top 10 Tasting’ a while back. Elegant and appetising nose, with peach, nashi pear, ginger, …
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Palliser Estate Chardonnay 2019
From Estate-grown Martinborough fruit, a pale green-straw in the glass, with smoky, struck-match minerality immediate on the nose. Followed by a vibrant stonefruit waft of white peach and greengage, then …
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Hans Herzog Pinot Noir 2014
From their organic Marlborough estate – one of the most amazing vineyards around. Dark ruby, with effusive perfumes of red cherry, raspberry, lilac and blood orange, with smoky, savoury, mushroom …
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