Calvert Vineyard, Bannockburn
On 17th June, I attended a presentation at Glengarry in Auckland – the subject being the Calvert Vineyard, where owner Owen Calvert was joined by Sarah Burton, who makes the …
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Equilibrium Makers Pinot Noir 2020
Fruit from a site on Te Muna Road in Martinborough – a new label that I featured in April, but the first time trying the wine for me. www.winefolio.co.nz/?p=3321 Bright …
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Hawkesbridge Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2020
A pale lemon-gold in the glass; bright, with an elegant nose filled with mandarin, golden apple, freshly mown grass, lemon pith, blackcurrant and saline sea-breeze. Medium-bodied with great weight through …
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Yealands Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2020
From the coastal ‘Seaview Vineyard’ on the edge of the Awatere Valley. A new 2020 wine. Brooding inky garnet red in the glass, with an aromatic ‘pop’ to the nose …
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Awatere River ‘Louis Vavasour’ Chardonnay 2018
Palest green-yellow in the glass; with bright, toasty-smoky aromas – the ‘modern’ New Zealand Chardonnay on the nose – flinty, slightly smoky oak, citrus, peach, roast cashew and grapefruit. Medium-weighted, …
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Winemaker series: Hätsch Kalberer
Of course if you’re going around and loving New Zealand wines – you’re likely to have a list of your favourites – regions, varieties, wines, labels, vineyards, vintages and winemakers. …
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Quartz Reef ‘Single Ferment’ Pinot Noir 2019
Nicknamed “Black Ops” this Bendigo Pinot Noir was one of the stars of the recent Winetopia show in Auckland, and was one of my favourite wines of the recent ‘Top …
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The Landing Syrah 2019
A new vintage of the wine that won the WineFolio ‘Top 10 Tasting’ of Syrah early this year. Elegant, varietal perfume, showing dark berries, cherry, raspberry, and violets. Vivid and …
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A ‘Regional Tasting of Northland’ at Marsden Estate
I’d promised to return to Northland after a couple of sensational visits, to Marsden Estate and then The Landing last year. This time, I’ve been asked to sit down and …
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Leveret Estate Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2015
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. …
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