A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
A Hawke’s Bay wine that I first admired when I moved to live in New Zealand twenty years ago. This version is from the fabled 2020 vintage, produced from Gimblett …
Mission Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 Read More
From their Cairnmuir Rd vineyard in Bannockburn, Central Otago. A silver-green-lemon colour in the glass, with a delicate, minimal nose gradually revealing cashew, lemon peel, white peach, and muesli aromas. …
Akarua Chardonnay 2022 Read More
A Central Otago wine, and winner of a Gold Medal at NZIWS this year. A very pale, translucent silvery green colour in the glass. The rich perfume of melon, yuzu, …
Wooing Tree Pinot Gris 2023 Read More
From Waiau in North Canterbury – on the limestone hills inland from Waipara. The ferment starts in the vineyard itself, cementing a sense of place in the wine in your …
Forager Pinot Noir 2020 Read More
From a vineyard named after the stud Jersey bulls who grazed the paddock where this vineyard is now planted in the Omaka Valley, Marlborough. A pale green-gold in the glass. …
Saint Clair Pioneer Block 5 Bull Block Gruner Veltliner 2021 Read More
From Pallier Estate’s organic ‘Om Santi Vineyard’ in Martinborough. A pale lemon-gold colour in the glass. The perfume is complex, rich and flowing – cut with grapefruit and lemon curd …
Palliser Estate Om Santi Vineyard Chardonnay 2022 Read More
A Gimblett Gravels wine, sealed under cork. The ’21 is a blend of 51% Merlot , 27% Cabernet sauvignon and 21% Cabernet Franc. Elegantly aromatic, with the typicity of a …
Mission Jewelstone ‘Antoine’ 2021 Read More
A Rosé from Pinot Noir grapes grown in Marlborough – this was the Trophy-winning Rosé at NZIWS last year, and a Gold-medal winner this year too. A pale coral pink …
Sugar Loaf Rosé 2023 Read More
An inky purple-black in the glass. A boisterous perfume filled with damson, red plum, cherry, blood orange, blackcurrant and hints of mint and sumac spice. The palate shows a sinewy …
Postage Stamp ‘Generoso’ Montepulciano 2021 Read More
A single vineyard wine from Gibbston in Central Otago. Very pale green-straw colour in the glass, with quite lifted and spicy aromatics. Good Pinot Gris typicity on the nose and …
Coxs’ Vineyard Pinot Gris 2021 Read More