A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
Trophy Winner at the Royal Easter Show Wine Awards. Plum, cinnamon, clove, lavender, rose and blackberry on the nose. Supple and juicy, with rich, dark fruit flavours across the wide …
Villa Maria Cellar Selection Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2019 Read More
From fruit on their Cairnmuir and Arthur’s Vineyards in Bannockburn. A classic Central Otago nose of thyme, dark cherry, cranberry and rosehip. Medium bodied, with vibrant acidity and a concentrated, …
Carrick Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2018 Read More
An organic wine from the Waipara Valley sub-region (of North Canterbury). Dark crimson in the glass, and bright with cherry, plum, redcurrant and raspberry fruits. Aromatic, flush with rose petal …
Greystone Pinot Noir 2018 Read More
From Central Hawke’s Bay, and the winner of the Trophy for Champion Pinot Gris at the Royal Easter Show Wine Awards this year. A very pale gold colour in the …
The Junction ‘Red Card’ Pinot Gris 2020 Read More
Fruit from a site on Te Muna Road in Martinborough – a new label that I featured in April, but the first time trying the wine for me. www.winefolio.co.nz/?p=3321 Bright …
Equilibrium Makers Pinot Noir 2020 Read More
A pale lemon-gold in the glass; bright, with an elegant nose filled with mandarin, golden apple, freshly mown grass, lemon pith, blackcurrant and saline sea-breeze. Medium-bodied with great weight through …
Hawkesbridge Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Read More
From the coastal ‘Seaview Vineyard’ on the edge of the Awatere Valley. A new 2020 wine. Brooding inky garnet red in the glass, with an aromatic ‘pop’ to the nose …
Yealands Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2020 Read More
Palest green-yellow in the glass; with bright, toasty-smoky aromas – the ‘modern’ New Zealand Chardonnay on the nose – flinty, slightly smoky oak, citrus, peach, roast cashew and grapefruit. Medium-weighted, …
Awatere River ‘Louis Vavasour’ Chardonnay 2018 Read More
Nicknamed “Black Ops” this Bendigo Pinot Noir was one of the stars of the recent Winetopia show in Auckland, and was one of my favourite wines of the recent ‘Top …
Quartz Reef ‘Single Ferment’ Pinot Noir 2019 Read More
A new vintage of the wine that won the WineFolio ‘Top 10 Tasting’ of Syrah early this year. Elegant, varietal perfume, showing dark berries, cherry, raspberry, and violets. Vivid and …
The Landing Syrah 2019 Read More