Laithwaites ‘Return to NZ’ box – Part 2
Rounding out the rest of the box that was waiting for me on my ‘return to New Zealand’ – with a slew of bold reds from both Europe and Australia. …
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Ahi Ka Blackmore Sauvignon Blanc 2024
A single vineyard wine from Dillons Point in Marlborough. The Ahi Ka project designed by the collaboration of grower and winemaker to be a showcase of the very best that …
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Squawking Magpie ‘Stoned Crow’ Syrah 2021
A Syrah from the Gimblett Gravels sub-region of Hawke’s Bay, in a great vintage. Winner of a Gold medal at the 2024 NZIWS. A dark crimson-ruby colour in the glass. …
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Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2024
A wine from the Awatere Valley vineyard. The colour is clear, pale and with a green tinge to the translucent gold in the glass. A terrific blast of perfume that …
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Judge Rock ‘Innocent’ Rosé 2024
A wine from Alexandra in Central Otago – winner of a Gold Medal at the NZIWS in 2024. The colour is a clear, pale coral pink in the glass. The …
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Filly Chardonnay 2023
A return to taste a wine that I first met in May last year (and had thought to go back to sooner than this) – https://winefolio.co.nz/?p=8494. But this is a …
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Mawhitipana Estate Syrah 2020
A wine from Waiheke – a small single vineyard block – in a great vintage for 2020. A bright ruby purple colour in the glass. Effusively aromatic and quite varietally-typical. …
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Newton Johnson ‘Family Vineyards’ Chardonnay 2019
Coming from the Upper Hemel en Aarde Valley, which stretches inland from the coastal town of Hermanus, South Africa – an area first planted in 1976. A translucent pale straw …
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Anselmo Mendes Pardusco Vinho Verde Tinto 2022
A return to Vinho Verde’s origins. Back then, the name Vinho Verde was not used – ‘Pardusco’ was the name given to red wines with a translucent, brick red colour …
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Filly Sauvignon Blanc 2023
A white wine from Martinborough, using hand picked fruit from Drummond Farm. A light gold colour in the glass. Distinctively Sauvignon on the nose, with passionfruit, lemongrass, white peach, blackcurrant …
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