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Month: March 2020

Crossroads Chardonnay and Soho Peggy Sauvignon Blanc
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Crossroads Chardonnay and Soho Peggy Sauvignon Blanc

March 31, 2020May 9, 2020 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

Crossroads Milestone Series Chardonnay 2018 From the Yealands Group, a Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay, with fruit from across the region. A brilliant lemon yellow in the glass, with a nose of nectarine, …

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Stoneleigh Rapaura Sauvignon Blanc
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Stoneleigh Rapaura Series Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2016

March 29, 2020May 9, 2020 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

Now, I’m not much of a Sauvignon Blanc drinker – what I do quite like is getting a top-drawer bottle, like this one, and putting them away for a few …

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Ka Tahi Syrah 2015
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Ka Tahi Syrah 2015

March 24, 2020May 9, 2020 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A deep inky burgundy, browning at the edges in the glass, quite leggy. A nose of deep rich plum and brambles, and a waft of violet florals. Full bodied, through …

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Man O’ War Pinque 2019

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 - by David Walker Bell - 1 Comment

Stridently youthful and bursting with fresh flavours – I devoured this on a roasting hot late summer evening – just the time I like a good rosé, as a pre-dinner …

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Ash Ridge Chardonnay
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Ash Ridge Estate Chardonnay 2018

March 21, 2020May 9, 2020 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A Hawke’s Bay wine, from the Bridge Pa Triangle. Light golden-green in the glass, with all the hallmarks of the ‘modern’ New Zealand Chardonnay on the nose – flinty, slightly …

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Mills Reef Reserve Chardonnay
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Mills Reef Reserve wines – 16.03.2020

March 17, 2020July 5, 2020 - by David Walker Bell - 1 Comment

After scoring a hugely creditable second place, podium finish, in the WineFolio Top 10 tasting with their Reserve Pinot Gris… we were committed to trying the other wines from this …

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Rockburn Pinot Gris 2002
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Rockburn Pinot Gris 2002

March 15, 2020May 9, 2020 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

Made, I am reliably told, by Rudi Bauer during his time making wines for Hay’s Lake – then Rockburn. A Central Otago Pinot Gris – sealed under cork. Sensational nose …

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Lake Chalice Gewurtztraminer
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Lake Chalice Marlborough Gewurztraminer 2015

March 8, 2020May 9, 2020 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From the multi-award-winning Twin Valleys vineyard of Peter and Ann Reed. A bright light straw yellow in the glass, with a lifted nose of rose petal, musk and a touch …

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Quartz Reef Chardonnay
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Quartz Reef Chardonnay 2018

March 3, 2020May 9, 2020 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From their elevated, biodynamic, Demeter certified Bendigo Estate vineyard comes this extraordinary single vineyard wine. A brilliant lemon-green in the glass, with a complex bouquet of ripe peach, lime and …

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Soljans Estate wines: 29 Feb 2020

March 1, 2020March 1, 2020 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

At the recent WineFolio Top 10 Tasting of Pinot Gris, the top three wines came from Soljans, Mills Reef and Framingham (in that order). We thought it would be an …

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