A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
This is the third year that I have had the opportunity to review the ‘Rohe’ series from Rapaura Springs in Marlborough. These three Sauvignon Blancs have quite distinct voices that …
Rapaura Springs ‘Rohe – Blind River’ Sauvignon Blanc 2023 Read More
It’s a delight to taste these sub-regional expressions of Sauvignon Blanc from Rapaura Springs. A set of wines that are pioneering the concept of regional variation – Rohe translates as …
Rapaura Springs ‘Rohe – Dillons Point’ Sauvignon Blanc 2023 Read More
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. …
Pyramid Valley Orange Read More
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 …
Takapoto Estate Reserve Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2020 Read More
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 …
Bream Creek Reserve Pinot Noir 2022 Read More
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 – …
Drummond Farm ‘Happy Jack’ Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Read More
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 …
Dosterras D.O. Montsant Garnacha 2015 Read More
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, …
A Thousand Gods Brut Nature 2022 Read More
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 …
Askerne Noble Semillon 2015 Read More
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 …
Church Road ‘1’ Malbec 2021 Read More