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No.1 Estate Cuvée Virginie 2016
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No.1 Estate Cuvée Virginie 2016

March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

Drunk to celebrate the inaugural Méthode Marlborough Day, and as a delicious starting point to a gourmet night of wine and food. A vintage wine with 3 years and 9 …

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Esk Valley Albarino 2020
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Esk Valley Albarino 2020

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

With fruit from the pristine Two Terraces vineyard in Hawke’s Bay. Palest translucent lemon yellow in the glass. Mineral, apricot, red apple, acacia florals and orange peel on the nose. …

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Vidal Legacy Chardonnay 2019
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Vidal Legacy Chardonnay 2019

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A bold opening, with its near-trademark struck-match reductive flintiness, orange peel, roast cashew, peach and a lift of heady citrus blossom. More elegant on the palate than the nose suggests, if …

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Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay Collection 2019
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12 reasons to love Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay

March 21, 2021March 21, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

So what is it about Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay? Over a couple of extended trips down to the region in 2020, it started to become apparent, by the end of the …

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Stonecroft Zinfandel 2019
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Stonecroft Zinfandel 2019

March 20, 2021March 20, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From the Gimblett Gravels, the excellent Hawke’s Bay 2019 vintage. Translucent, medium ruby in the glass, with youthful aromas of lilac, plum, cinnamon and redcurrant. Vivid and fleshed with bright …

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Misha’s Vineyard Vertical Tasting – March 2021

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - 1 Comment

Moving from Singapore, Andy and Misha Wilkinson spend eighteen months searching for the perfect spot to pursue a new passion – a patch of land that would produce heart-stoppingly good …

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Takaki at Folium
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Celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary of Folium

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

When Takaki Okada was growing up in Tokyo, Japan, he naturally had no inkling of the world of fine wine that he now inhabits as an adult living and making …

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FalconHead Viognier 2019

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

A Hawke’s Bay wine, from the Tantallon vineyard in Bridge Pa. A portion fermented in barrel and the remainder in tank. Invitingly aromatic, with a lifted jasmine, then lemon, oyster …

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Gunn Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2016
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Gunn Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2016

March 9, 2021March 9, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From Ohiti Valley, Hawke’s Bay comes this reserve wine with a few years under its belt, and 2016 a cracking year for Chardonnays. It’s a very pale straw colour in …

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Terra Sancta ‘Lola’s Block’ Pinot Gris 2019
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Terra Sancta ‘Lola’s Block’ Pinot Gris 2019

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 - by David Walker Bell - Leave a Comment

From the Terra Sancta vineyard on Felton Road, a lone plot of Pinot Gris amongst the oldest Pinot Noir vines on the property. A brilliant straw colour, with bold aromas …

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