The Junction ‘Red Card’ Pinot Gris 2020
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 …
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Equilibrium Makers Pinot Noir 2020
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 …
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Hawkesbridge Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2020
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 …
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Yealands Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2020
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 …
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Awatere River ‘Louis Vavasour’ Chardonnay 2018
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, …
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Quartz Reef ‘Single Ferment’ Pinot Noir 2019
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 …
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The Landing Syrah 2019
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 …
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Leveret Estate Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2015
From the Kuranui vineyard in the Upper Awatere – a great place for Pinot. Fresh and inviting on the nose, with dried herb, plum, redcurrant, bramble, violets and toffee-caramel aromas. …
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Le Grá Pinot Noir Rosé 2020
A new label to me – from the Wairarapa, neat presentation. A delightful pale salmon pink in the glass. Dry in style and perfumed with a cranberry, cherry, red apple, …
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Church Road Grand Reserve Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019
A deep, dark, ruby hue in the glass. The nose is firm, leading with raspberry, black cherry, damson, elderberry, Campari – then violets, thyme and bayleaf follow through. Medium to …
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