Month: July 2021

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. …

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, …

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 …

A new label to me – from the North Canterbury region of Waipara. Dark ruby/crimson, with blueberry, raspberry and doris plum, lavender, truffle and thyme on the nose. A savoury …

Edition 2 of this wine that became quite the talking point on release last year. Pale green/lemon yellow in the glass. The nose is clean, bright with elegance and depth. …

Very pale lemon yellow in the glass, with a restrained nose of jasmine, satsuma, melon, lemongrass and just a hint of petrol. Much bigger through the palate. Ripe, succulent and …

What was Tony’s top level wine (before ‘Zen’) this barrel-fermented wine comes from the much-admired, dry-farmed Skeetfield vineyard in Dartmoor, Hawke’s Bay. An effusive nose, serving up red apple, sweetcorn, …