Reviews

A single vineyard wine, from their Home Block vineyard in Marlborough’s Wairau Valley. An inky burgundy-purple colour in the glass. The bouquet has stunning varietal typicity and depth of flavour. …

Wairau River Reserve Pinot Noir 2024 Read More

A red blend from Waiheke Island – made of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 5% Malbec and 4% Petit Verdot. Sealed under cork – in excellent condition. …

Destiny Bay Mystae 2010 Read More

Tasted at the Cellar Door, in Rapaura – this is a Marlborough Chardonnay from the pioneering Hunter’s label. A touch of struck-match flint to the aromas, overlaid on peach, grapefruit …

Hunter’s Offshoot Chardonnay 2023 Read More

The icon wine from the Bridge Pa, Hawke’s Bay, label Paritua is aimed at making a wine that can sit alongside the best of New Zealand’s ‘Bordeaux Blend’ reds. Only …

Paritua ’21.12’ 2013 Read More

An organic, vegan friendly and single vineyard Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough. What sets this apart is the use of tannin extracted from green tea leaves (Camelia sinesis) in the winemaking …

Love Block Tee Sauvignon Blanc 2023 Read More

A new wine to the Craggy Range line-up – coming from Clone 115 fruit grown on their Te Muna Road vineyards in Martinborough. A medium-density cardinal/ruby red colour in the …

Craggy Range ‘Block 1’ Pinot Noir 2024 Read More

A revisit of a wine that I first tasted back in 2024 – ‘Cumulus’ is a white wine made from a blend of two varietals – 80% Chardonnay and 20% …

Hopesgrove ‘Cumulus’ white blend 2023 Read More

A single vineyard wine, from the Gimblett Gravels sub-region of Hawke’s Bay. This was released from the excellent 2019 vintage and I tasted it on release – so today is …

Trinity Hill ‘125 Gimblett’ Chardonnay 2019 Read More

Dry River in Martinborough started out as an aromatic white wine producer in 1979 before becoming perhaps better-known – as did Martinborough itself – for Pinot Noir. For me, these …

Dry River Craighall Vineyard Selection Riesling 2016 Read More