A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
Voluptuous, bold perfumes of yellow fleshed peach, mandarin peel, red apple, roasted chestnut, melon and spring blossom. A slatey note of salinity and minerality underlies this ripe, tropical fruit basket. …
Church Road ‘1’ Terraces Chardonnay 2019 Read More
From the Earnscleugh Valley between Clyde and Alexandra, in Central Otago. Lively and fragrant aromas of sliced pear, nectarine, green melon and spice with orange zest and ginger. Honeysuckle floral …
Three Miners ‘Miner’s Right’ Pinot Gris 2020 Read More
A bold rush of aromas – varietally pure with plum at the fore, then some eucalpyt, herbals, blackberry, cranberry, clove and violet florals. Great balance – generous and deep, but …
Church Road ‘1’ Redstone Merlot 2019 Read More
Hand picked fruit from the Boundary Farm vineyard, with its warm, north facing, clay-soiled slope. Elegant and subtle on the nose, with aromas of white peach, elderflower, almond, grapefruit and, …
Mahi Boundary Farm Sauvignon Blanc 2018 Read More
From Wilyabrup in the Margaret River, a dense dark ruby claret in the glass. Punchy and aromatic, showing dark cherry, pepper, plum, bay leaf, blackcurrant, blueberry and eucalyptus on the …
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 Read More
From a vineyard just to the west of the Clearview winery, made by Tim Turvey and daughter Katie . Vibrant pale lemon-yellow in the glass, the 2019 version of this …
Topsy Turvey Chardonnay 2019 Read More
Floral and bursting with cherry, bramble, pepper and spiced red plum. Elegant, vivid, focussed. Coltish and lively on release, – approachable now, but built with structure and intensity to last. …
Church Road ‘1’ Redstone Syrah 2019 Read More
An elegant expression of Pinot Gris, from Hawke’s Bay. Aromatic but refined on the nose, perfumed with white peach, sliced apple, blonde wood, nashi pear and spring blossom florals. Delicate …
Elephant Hill Pinot Gris 2019 Read More
Darkest ruby colour, with great depth to the aromas of blackcurrant, damson, Christmas baking spice, rosehip, boysenberry and a little lift of floral violets . Framed with smoky, toasty and …
Church Road ‘1’ Redstone Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 Read More
Bright, youthful aromas of black cherry, plum, redcurrant and blood orange, spiced with clove, cinnamon and vanilla. There’s also a smoky espresso note that follows through into the ripe, dense …
Yealands Reserve Pinot Noir 2019 Read More