Saving Grace Dry Riesling 2019
Waipara Hills upper tier range – Saving Grace – and a varietal that is renowned for being a star of the North Canterbury region. Palest green-yellow in the glass, with …
Saving Grace Dry Riesling 2019 Read MoreA collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
Waipara Hills upper tier range – Saving Grace – and a varietal that is renowned for being a star of the North Canterbury region. Palest green-yellow in the glass, with …
Saving Grace Dry Riesling 2019 Read MoreThe 2015 vintage of this wine was the Trophy Winner at IWSC in 2019 (effectively being judged as the Best Pinot Noir in the World!). Medium depth garnet ruby red …
Jackson Estate ‘Vintage Widow’ Pinot Noir 2012 Read MoreTrophy-winning dessert wine at the Royal Easter Show Wine Awards in 2021. A rose and butterscotch colour in the glass, with vibrant aromas of honey, golden peach, cherry, lemon thyme, …
Johanneshof Noble Late Harvest Riesling 2018 Read MoreAn elegant, but taut nose showing restrained notes of white peach, mandarin, roast cashew, grapefruit pith and oatmeal, with wood smoke and elderflower. Medium bodied and still tight across the …
Te Awanga ‘One Off’ The Foudre Chardonnay 2019 Read MoreA single vineyard wine from the Seddon Vineyard in Marlborough’s Awatere Valley. Great looking lemon-green in the glass, with a nose of white peach, pear, nutmeg, mandarin peel and ginger. …
Villa Maria Single Vineyard Seddon Pinot Gris 2020 Read MoreSingle vineyard Chardonnay from the south-facing hillside Netherwood vineyard. A pale lemon-green in the glass, with lovely rich aromas of white nectarine, flinty mineral, chestnut, white cherry, pear, acacia and …
Black Estate Netherwood Chardonnay 2018 Read MoreChurch Road’s first Syrah release in the TOM series, their pinnacle winemaking. This 2015 wine is a deep, brooding, inky burgundy. Plenty of fleshy, bright fruit on the nose, with …
Church Road TOM Syrah 2015 Read MoreFrom Marlborough’s Awatere Valley, and the excellent 2020 vintage. Palest green-gold in the glass, with aromas that aren’t probably what you’d expect from this varietal and location. The nose is …
Love Block Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Read MoreA Hawke’s Bay Syrah, from the Paritua vineyards in Bridge Pa. Darkest burgundy-ruby in the glass, appetisingly aromatic on the nose. With an instant lift of violet, rose and lavender, …
Paritua Syrah 2018 Read MoreHandpicked fruit from the Purerua Peninsula in the Bay of Islands, in the excellent 2019 harvest. Light golden-green in the glass, with an elegant nose of peach, chestnut, greengage and …
The Landing ‘Boathouse’ Chardonnay 2019 Read More