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Luna Estate Pinot Noir 2022
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Luna Estate Pinot Noir 2022

May 26, 2024 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A blend of Pinot Noir from Luna’s vineyards in Martinborough. A pale ruby colour in the glass. The perfume is filled with sweet red fruit – redcurrant, raspberry and cherry, …

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The Marlborist Chardonnay 2020
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The Marlborist Chardonnay 2020

May 25, 2024 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From selected sites in Marlborough. A very pale green-gold colour in the glass. An energetic burst of flinty, wood smoke and struck match on the nose lies above the underlying, …

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Penfolds Bin 311 Chardonnay 2022
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Penfolds Bin 311 Chardonnay 2022

May 23, 2024 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A blend that originated in the vineyards of Tasmania, Tumbarumba, and the Adelaide Hills, following Penfolds art of blending from regions to achieve a coherent whole. A lighter straw and …

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Aubert UV-SL Vineyard Chardonnay 2019
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Aubert UV-SL Vineyard Chardonnay 2019

May 21, 2024 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A Sonoma Coast Chardonnay – from a producer that has really impressed me in the past. A vibrant gold and green colour in the glass, with a little opacity to …

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Martinborough Vineyard ‘Marie Zelie’ Reserve Pinot Noir 2013

May 20, 2024 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A rare wine from Martinborough – the pinnacle of the Estate, and only made in exceptional years – only a handful of vintages exist. A dark and opaque burgundy red …

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Parés Baltà ‘Indigena’ Garnaxta Blanc 2022
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Parés Baltà ‘Indigena’ Garnaxta Blanc 2022

May 19, 2024 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A white wine from Spain – their ‘Les Torres’ estate, at the top of the Penedès – just 30 km from the Mediterranean coast and Barcelona. A transparent lemon-green colour in …

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Man O’ War Valhalla Chardonnay 2020
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Man O’ War ‘Valhalla’ Chardonnay 2020

May 18, 2024 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

One of the pioneers of what I call the ‘modern Chardonnay’ style – the winery now showing a desire for far more ‘green’ in the spectrum, and picked earlier than …

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Marathon Downs Sauvignon Blanc 2023
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Marathon Downs ‘Racecourse Block’ Sauvignon Blanc 2023

May 17, 2024 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A Sauvignon Blanc from the Awatere Valley in Marlborough. A pale lemon-green colour in the glass. Perfumed with citrus, whitecurrant, apple and cucumber, with a lifted and distinctive meadow grass …

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144 Islands Cabernet Franc 2023

May 16, 2024 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From the Bay of Islands in Northland. A lighter, translucent ruby colour in the glass. The scent starts savoury, with cashew nut, incense smoke, pepper, then damson plum, liquorice and …

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Mahi Alchemy Chardonnay 2021

May 15, 2024 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A single vineyard wine from this excellent Marlborough label. I’ve reviewed most of their wines before (including the 2018 vintage of this), and interviewed local legend Brian Bicknell – https://winefolio.co.nz/?p=3717 …

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