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Month: October 2023

Tasting the Champion - Brancott Estate Letter Series ‘O’ Chardonnay 2022
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Tasting the Champion – Brancott Estate Letter Series ‘O’ Chardonnay 2022

October 31, 2023 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

The Trophy for Champion Wine of the Show at this year’s New Zealand International Wine Show was awarded to Brancott Letter Series ‘O’ Chardonnay 2022. I judged a couple of …

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Mission Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
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Mission Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

October 30, 2023 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A Hawke’s Bay wine that I first admired when I moved to live in New Zealand twenty years ago. This version is from the fabled 2020 vintage, produced from Gimblett …

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Akarua Chardonnay 2022
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Akarua Chardonnay 2022

October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From their Cairnmuir Rd vineyard in Bannockburn, Central Otago. A silver-green-lemon colour in the glass, with a delicate, minimal nose gradually revealing cashew, lemon peel, white peach, and muesli aromas. …

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Wooing Tree Pinot Gris 2023
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Wooing Tree Pinot Gris 2023

October 28, 2023 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A Central Otago wine, and winner of a Gold Medal at NZIWS this year. A very pale, translucent silvery green colour in the glass. The rich perfume of melon, yuzu, …

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Forager Pinot Noir 2020
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Forager Pinot Noir 2020

October 27, 2023 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From Waiau in North Canterbury – on the limestone hills inland from Waipara. The ferment starts in the vineyard itself, cementing a sense of place in the wine in your …

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Saint Clair Pioneer Block 5 Bull Block Gruner Veltliner 2021
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Saint Clair Pioneer Block 5 Bull Block Gruner Veltliner 2021

October 26, 2023 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From a vineyard named after the stud Jersey bulls who grazed the paddock where this vineyard is now planted in the Omaka Valley, Marlborough. A pale green-gold in the glass. …

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Om Santi
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Palliser Estate Om Santi Vineyard Chardonnay 2022

October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From Pallier Estate’s organic ‘Om Santi Vineyard’ in Martinborough. A pale lemon-gold colour in the glass. The perfume is complex, rich and flowing – cut with grapefruit and lemon curd …

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Mission Jewelstone ‘Antoine’ 2021

October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A Gimblett Gravels wine, sealed under cork. The ’21 is a blend of 51% Merlot , 27% Cabernet sauvignon and 21% Cabernet Franc. Elegantly aromatic, with the typicity of a …

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Sugar Loaf Rosé 2023
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Sugar Loaf Rosé 2023

October 23, 2023 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A Rosé from Pinot Noir grapes grown in Marlborough – this was the Trophy-winning Rosé at NZIWS last year, and a Gold-medal winner this year too. A pale coral pink …

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Postage Stamp ‘Generoso’ Montepulciano 2021
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Postage Stamp ‘Generoso’ Montepulciano 2021

October 22, 2023 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

An inky purple-black in the glass. A boisterous perfume filled with damson, red plum, cherry, blood orange, blackcurrant and hints of mint and sumac spice. The palate shows a sinewy …

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