A collection of writing about New Zealand Wine
A Gimblett Gravels wine, from Hawke’s Bay. A dark crimson brooding colour in the glass. Complex and enticing aromatics, filled with tart cherry, tobacco, boysenberry, plum, barnyard funk, and raspberry. …
Ka Tahi ‘The One’ Syrah 2021 Read More
Brockenchack are a relatively new label in Barossa – but their vineyards in Eden Valley, South Australia, have some of Australia’s oldest Riesling vines, planted in 1896. It is a …
Brockenchack – new wines from Eden Valley Read More
This is the ‘Barrique Reserve’ expression of the three Viogniers that this Northland label produce – including an un-oaked version and a Late Harvest one too. The 2020 vintage of …
Dancing Petrel Viognier 2021 Read More
Making the best use of their own Carter family vineyards & other boutique estates, Soho use three of the best NZ winemakers – James Rowan for Waiheke Island, Pete Turner …
Soho Family Vineyards – recent releases Read More
From Tempranillo grown on a single 0.6 hectare block in the Te Awa Vineyard, in the Gimblett Gravels. An early-ripening, quite rare, variety in New Zealand that is well suited …
Esk Valley Tempranillo 2021 Read More
One of Felton Road’s earlier vintages (in the first ten years) and not an easy year for the vineyards – yields were low but high quality. An opaque dark ruby …
Felton Road Pinot Noir 2005 Read More
It has been a couple of months since my last ‘wine adventure in a box’ from laithwaites.co.nz arrived – and it is funny how you can just drop back into …
A midwinter box from Laithwaites Read More
From Herzog’s organic vineyard in Marlborough comes this white Rhône blend of Viognier 50%, Marsanne (30%) and Roussanne (20%) – often regarded as a classic New Zealand version of this …
Hans Herzog Mistral 2018 Read More
From New Zealand’s northernmost vineyard – on the Karikari Peninsula. Sealed under cork, with a garnet-ruby colour in the glass. Plum, root beer, boysenberry, balsam, tamarillo, peppercorn, mocha and rose …
Karikari Estate Syrah 2019 Read More
I had the chance this afternoon to taste through the 2021 wines that have just been released from Escarpment, with Chief Winemaker Tim Bourne. 2021 was ‘a small yet exceptional’ …
Escarpment – single vineyard 2021 releases Read More