{"id":12034,"date":"2025-01-26T06:31:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T17:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=12034"},"modified":"2025-01-26T06:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T17:31:36","slug":"a-new-years-box-from-laithwaites-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=12034","title":{"rendered":"A New Years box from Laithwaites &#8211; pt.2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12034\" class=\"elementor elementor-12034\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44b2566 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44b2566\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14710f3\" data-id=\"14710f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3667f84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3667f84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2025 began with the delivery of fifteen wines in a box landing at the door from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laithwaites.co.nz\">www.laithwaites.co.nz<\/a>. This time around it was mostly reds, but with a couple of interesting looking whites as well. As usual, there\u2019s a diverse selection &#8211; with many varietals and styles that go beyond what would typically find its way into my glass if I stuck to my usual choices. I\u2019ve split the contents into two articles for ease of reading (and tasting). Here we go\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64fbe22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64fbe22\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5de96de\" data-id=\"5de96de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2571e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2571e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Famille Bougrier Les Secrets d\u2019Abesse 2023<br \/><\/b>For those of us in Australasia, it is good to remember that the Loire Valley in France makes what many purists would consider the classic \u2018Old World\u2019 expression of Sauvignon Blanc. What\u2019s the difference? It is a calmer, quieter voice that doesn\u2019t have the sweet tropical edge to the fruit, and has less of the bright green cut of those from the southern hemisphere. This is a zesty, herbal package with citrus fruit flavours and a dry, chalky, minerally texture that works best with food. Look at a plate of seafood or shellfish to make a glassful of this really sing. <b>90pts<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bec32ca\" data-id=\"bec32ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0f64cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0f64cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Barrel Monkeys Shiraz 2021<br \/><\/b>From McLaren Vale in South Australia, named for the hard-working and unsung Cellar hands who help create our wines. Possibly Australia\u2019s best regarded varietal now &#8211; certainly a style of Syrah that areas like McLaren Vale have \u2018made their own\u2019. Expect some ripe, almost jammy black fruit, a good lick of oak, and plush, supple tannins, and you won\u2019t be disappointed in opening this bottle. Acidity is enough to keep things moving without overshadowing the juicy bramble, plum and boysenberry flavours that take centre stage. A fine example. <b>92pts<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ed72f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ed72f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d87a600\" data-id=\"d87a600\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0bb635 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0bb635\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Abesse-Sav-B-1024x659.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11998\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Abesse-Sav-B-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Abesse-Sav-B-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Abesse-Sav-B-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Abesse-Sav-B-1536x988.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Abesse-Sav-B.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e8de62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e8de62\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6218f6\" data-id=\"f6218f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59d930c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59d930c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Dark Corner Durif Shiraz 2024<br \/><\/b>Made by winemaker David Joeky as a side project, with fruit from South Eastern Australia. If you\u2019ve had Durif before, you\u2019ll know that it adds a flamboyant ripeness and weighty to any blend it is in with. The inkily dark colour in the glass has dark flavours to match &#8211; cherry, blackberry, liquorice, pepper and cacao nib in the palate. Oak, tannin and acidity are all in alignment and supporting that plush fruit. There\u2019s a distinctive mocha note at the finish, which is long and spicy. <b>90pts<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-964a099\" data-id=\"964a099\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcb91e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcb91e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Pillastro Primitivo 2022<br \/><\/b>An IGT level wine from Puglia, in the south of Italy. Made by a wine co-operative using the traditional Alberello Pugliese bush vine method of growing grapes. Bright fruit enhanced with wild herbs, leafy, baked earth and pink peppercorns. The predominant ripe cherry is underlined with toasty oak and wedded to supple tannin. Quite hearty and plump, it finishes with a swoop of juice and pepper. <b>90pts<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f00765 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f00765\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-512330d\" data-id=\"512330d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7100f67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7100f67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pillastro-Primitivo-22-1024x662.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12005\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pillastro-Primitivo-22-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pillastro-Primitivo-22-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pillastro-Primitivo-22-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pillastro-Primitivo-22-1536x994.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pillastro-Primitivo-22.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0a493e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0a493e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08b771c\" data-id=\"08b771c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ac7f5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ac7f5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Cabali\u00e9 2023<\/b> is a Pays d\u2019Oc level Roussillon wine, a juicy southern blend of Grenache and Carignan. The scent shows raspberry, elderberry and blackcurrant &#8211; ripe and sweet, highlighted with a red hibscus exotic floral note. A mixture of that fruit and some savoury layers of pepper, star anise and sumac results in a well-integrated palate of mid-weight charm and breadth. Finishes smooth and sweeter. <b>88pts<\/b><\/p><p><b>Bent Wing Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2023<br \/><\/b>Another Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, grown in the renowned \u2018terra rossa\u2019 soils of the region (a rich, red clay over limestone). The perfume is vibrant and spicy, with lashings of dark fruit, plus green capsicum vanilla and pepper on the nose. In the palate, bold tannin is balanced by a minty freshness of acidity. Bold, juicy and with a long peppery finish. <b>92pts<\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p><b>Stones and Bones 2022<\/b> is a blend of red varietals Touriga Nacional, Syrah, Tinta Roriz and Alicante Bouschet from Portugal. The scent has a sweet, rustic edge &#8211; like stepping into a hedgerow. Blackberry, herbs, rosehip, cherry, raspberry jam and a bit of liquorice. Being portguese you can anticipate a sweet ripeness in the core, and here that is offset by well-balanced acidity and some smooth tannin. Quite big (it\u2019s 14% alcohol) and unctuous. <b>89pts<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 began with the delivery of fifteen wines in a box landing at the door from www.laithwaites.co.nz. 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