Pyramid Valley Orange
From North Canterbury – a blend of three vineyards. The fruit is whole bunch fermented in open-top fermenters, then aged in clay amphora and old barrels for around 6 months. …
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Takapoto Estate Reserve Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2020
Made from top quality Chardonnay in coastal Hawke’s Bay, by this exciting Waikato label. A pale golden-green colour in the glass, with varietal aromas of grapefruit, nectarine, cashew nut, lemon …
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Bream Creek Reserve Pinot Noir 2022
From one of the oldest vineyards in Tasmania, overlooking historic Marion Bay. A bright ruby-purple colour in the glass. An immediate note of smoky oak on the nose, alongside black …
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Drummond Farm ‘Happy Jack’ Sauvignon Blanc 2020
A Martinborough wine, from Alex and Leah’s organic 2-hectare vineyard. A green-gold in the glass – more colour than your average NZ Sauvignon blanc. Also different on the nose – …
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Dosterras D.O. Montsant Garnacha 2015
Made from 100% garnacha (grenache) from the Tarragona region of Spain – old vines which range in age between 25 to 70 years old. Perfumed with a brooding dark fruit …
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A Thousand Gods Brut Nature 2022
Labelled as ‘Ancentral Method’ – I’d call it a Pet-Nat – is made from hand-picked Abel-clone Pinot Noir, grown at Churton vineyards in Marlborough. The wines fermented with wild yeast, …
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Askerne Noble Semillon 2015
A single vineyard wine from Hawke’s Bay. One of New Zealand’s top dessert wines, it usually has a splash of Viognier in the final blend. A bronzed straw colour, with …
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Church Road ‘1’ Malbec 2021
A single vineyard wine from Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing District in Hawke’s Bay. A deep, inky purple in the glass. Perhaps the most approachable of all the Single Vineyard ‘1’ series …
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Charles Le Bel ‘Inspiration 1818’ Brut NV
A Champagne from the Billecart-Salmon house – a blend of 37% Chardonnay, 33% Pinot Noir and 30% Pinot Meunier, using 70% Reserve wine. A very fine mousse of tiny bubbles …
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The latest releases from Penfolds
A tasting last week sees the opportunity to look at some of the latest releases from Penfolds. Tommys Champagne Bar is in the old Seafarers Building – a comfortable space …
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