A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
From the excellent but low-yielding ’21 vintage, this Marlborough wine is a dazzling pale lemon yellow in the glass. Brimming with green and herbal aromas, fresh and vibrant. Pea pod, …
Spy Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2021 Read More
Showing a deep shade of salmon pink, a little darker red at the edges in the glass. This is no shrinking violet – a rich nose shows plum, toffee apple, …
Leveret Estate Rosé 2019 Read More
From the Elms vineyard (Block 2) and the Calvert in Bannockburn. A lemon-green/straw colour in the glass, with a wonderfully aromatic nose. Showing golden peach, apricot, lime marmalade, quince, almond, …
Felton Road Riesling 2007 Read More
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