Luna Estate Pinot Noir 2022
A blend of Pinot Noir from Luna’s vineyards in Martinborough. A pale ruby colour in the glass. The perfume is filled with sweet red fruit – redcurrant, raspberry and cherry, …
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A blend of Pinot Noir from Luna’s vineyards in Martinborough. A pale ruby colour in the glass. The perfume is filled with sweet red fruit – redcurrant, raspberry and cherry, …
Luna Estate Pinot Noir 2022 Read MoreFrom selected sites in Marlborough. A very pale green-gold colour in the glass. An energetic burst of flinty, wood smoke and struck match on the nose lies above the underlying, …
The Marlborist Chardonnay 2020 Read MoreA blend that originated in the vineyards of Tasmania, Tumbarumba, and the Adelaide Hills, following Penfolds art of blending from regions to achieve a coherent whole. A lighter straw and …
Penfolds Bin 311 Chardonnay 2022 Read MoreA Sonoma Coast Chardonnay – from a producer that has really impressed me in the past. A vibrant gold and green colour in the glass, with a little opacity to …
Aubert UV-SL Vineyard Chardonnay 2019 Read MoreA rare wine from Martinborough – the pinnacle of the Estate, and only made in exceptional years – only a handful of vintages exist. A dark and opaque burgundy red …
Martinborough Vineyard ‘Marie Zelie’ Reserve Pinot Noir 2013 Read MoreA white wine from Spain – their ‘Les Torres’ estate, at the top of the Penedès – just 30 km from the Mediterranean coast and Barcelona. A transparent lemon-green colour in …
Parés Baltà ‘Indigena’ Garnaxta Blanc 2022 Read MoreOne of the pioneers of what I call the ‘modern Chardonnay’ style – the winery now showing a desire for far more ‘green’ in the spectrum, and picked earlier than …
Man O’ War ‘Valhalla’ Chardonnay 2020 Read MoreA Sauvignon Blanc from the Awatere Valley in Marlborough. A pale lemon-green colour in the glass. Perfumed with citrus, whitecurrant, apple and cucumber, with a lifted and distinctive meadow grass …
Marathon Downs ‘Racecourse Block’ Sauvignon Blanc 2023 Read MoreFrom the Bay of Islands in Northland. A lighter, translucent ruby colour in the glass. The scent starts savoury, with cashew nut, incense smoke, pepper, then damson plum, liquorice and …
144 Islands Cabernet Franc 2023 Read MoreA single vineyard wine from this excellent Marlborough label. I’ve reviewed most of their wines before (including the 2018 vintage of this), and interviewed local legend Brian Bicknell – https://winefolio.co.nz/?p=3717 …
Mahi Alchemy Chardonnay 2021 Read More