A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
Using their best fruit from Estate vineyards on Waiheke Island. Bright, pale golden-yellow, greening at the edges. Perfumed with satsuma, grapefruit, red apple, chestnut, oatmeal and lemon blossom. Crisp, enticing …
Passage Rock Reserve Chardonnay 2019 Read More
From their excellent Hawke’s Bay vineyard ‘The Limeworks’. Pale lemon-green in the glass, with a vitality and exhuberance on the nose – flush with aromas of nectarine, cashew, grapefruit, yellow …
Cooper’s Creek ‘The Limeworks’ Chardonnay 2018 Read More
From Yarra Valley fruit, this young Nebbiolo is a stunning magenta-garnet in the glass. Flush with perfumes both savoury and sweet – black cherry, thyme, cranberry, blueberry, sumac and rose …
Timo Mayer Nebbiolo 2019 Read More
From a single vineyard on Havelock North Terraces, of old vine Mendoza Chardonnay. Vibrant lemon-green colour in the glass, with flinty, smoky aromas of lemon zest, cashew nut, grapefruit, nectarine, …
Te Awanga ‘Trademark’ Chardonnay 2018 Read More
Tasted with Rory Dunleavy at Te Motu. Named in dedication to Margaret Dunleavy, the green-fingered mother of eleven, Kuikui means ‘the matriarch’ in Maori. The wine making credit for the wine …
Te Motu ‘Kuikui’ Syrah 2015 Read More
From Pinot Gris grapes grown in the Wairau Valley of Marlborough, with a little Malbec blended in for colour. A light salmon pink – onion skin colour in the glass. …
Delta Rosé 2019 Read More
A dessert wine, from botrytis-affected, late harvest Sauvignon Blanc grapes, grown in the Wairau Valley, Marlborough. Plenty of years of bottle age. Brilliant golden glow in the glass, with enticing …
Isabel Estate Noble Sauvage 2008 Read More
From the Seaview vineyard in Awatere, Marlborough. A wine I discussed at length with the winemaker, Natalie Christensen – tasted as a barrel sample in May this year on a …
Yealands Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2021 Read More
A barrel-fermented Chardonnay, from Hawke’s Bay. A bright, pale straw colour in the glass, perfumed with grapefruit, brioche, citrus peel, vanilla, nectarine and blanched almond on the nose. Dry, vibrant, …
De la Terre Barrique Fermented Chardonnay 2020 Read More
A new wine in the Single Vineyard range from Villa Maria – a Pinot Noir rosé from the BioGro-certified organic Attorney vineyard in the Southern Valleys sub-region of Marlborough. A …
Villa Maria ‘The Attorney’ Rosé 2020 Read More