Aluado Alicante Bouschet 2022
A relatively rare single varietal to find these days – it used to be very common in California (I actually have a lovely piece of art – a label from …
Aluado Alicante Bouschet 2022 Read MoreA collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
A relatively rare single varietal to find these days – it used to be very common in California (I actually have a lovely piece of art – a label from …
Aluado Alicante Bouschet 2022 Read MoreMade from Gisborne grapes in the Eastland region of New Zealand. A bright green-straw colour in the glass. Perfumed with golden peach, grapefruit, kumquat and quince, there is also a …
Toi Toi Reserve Chardonnay 2022 Read MoreA wine from the Marananga sub-region of the Barossa, – the biodynamic 100-year-old Schlieb’s Garden vineyard – in South Australia. A translucent ruby-garnet colour in the glass – light and …
Reed ‘Alexia’ Grenache 2022 Read MoreThe fruit for this Central Otago Pinot Noir comes from the company Bannockburn vineyards – 84% from Felton Terraces and 16% from Cairmuir. A deep burgundy-ruby colour in the glass. …
Mora Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2022 Read MoreA traditional Tuscan wine, from the Castellina area of Chianti – old vineyards, and this wine from the time when the Lucherini Bandini family owned the land (it is now …
Tenuta Villa Rosa Chianti Classico 1985 Read MoreFrom a couple of blocks in the Seaview Vineyard in Marlborough’s Awatere Valley. A dark ruby-burgundy in the glass. Good varietally-specific aromas of black cherry, bramble and raspberry overlaid with …
Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021 Read MoreA grape varietal that has a home in Spain, and in particular in the great wines of Rioja. Although it is a rare find in New Zealand, the bottles that …
Trinity Hill Tempranillo 2022 Read MoreA Spanish blend of Mencia (55%), Brancellao (35%) and Espadeiro (10%) varietals from Rías Baixas in Galicia – a region better known for its whites. A bright garnet colour in …
Destinos Cruzados ‘As Regadas’ Mencía-Brancellao-Espadeiro 2016 Read MoreA wine from Martinborough – only in tiny quantities, made in the best years. An opaque ruby-garnet mid-depth red in the glass. An effusive volume to the bouquet that is …
Ma Maison Reserve ‘Cuvee Tristan’ Pinot Noir 2010 Read MoreA wine with fruit sourced from Hawke’s Bay, and the sensational 2020 vintage, from this Wairarapa producer. A bright pale green-straw colour in the glass with a lively, youthful perfume …
Matahiwi Estate ‘Holly’ Chardonnay 2020 Read More