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Lake Chalice The Falcon Merlot 2021 (Hawke’s Bay)
Youthful and vibrant with plummy fruit and toasty oak on the nose and through the palate. Lots of fruit concentration …
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Saint Clair Origin Gimblett Gravels Cabernet Merlot 2021 (Hawke’s Bay)
A youthful wine full of zeal with dense black fruit, cassis and a dash of dried herb on the nose. …
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Taylors Promised Land Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (South Australia)
Youthful with hints of berries and spice on the nose alongside lifted florals working in perfect harmony. Ripe blackberries are …
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Villa Maria Cellar Selection Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (Hawke’s Bay)
Glossy in the glass with a dark core and attractive purple rim. Juicy red and black fruits abound on the …
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Church Road McDonald Series Syrah 2020 (Hawke’s Bay)
top 10Medium coloured with just a hint of fade, this is an understated style with lovely complexity. Ripe fruit with pepper …
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Teluri Saperavi Teliani Valley Dry Red Wine 2021 (Georgia)
top 5Deep, dark and still very youthful this Georgian saperavi is a modern and approachable wine with plummy fruit and florals …
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Vina Borgia by Borsao Organic Garnacha 2020 (Campo de Borja, Spain)
top 5
The primary nose is ripe and plump alongside expressive florals which add perfume. The well-weighted palate is fresh and bright …
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Saint Clair James Sinclair Pinot Noir 2021 (Marlborough)
top 5
Deeply coloured with a bold youthful presence, aromas of dark dense black fruits brood on the nose amid complex sulphides …
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Waimea Pinot Noir 2019 (Nelson)
top 10
A complex aromatic profile with rich dark fruits, herbs, spicy clove and toasty oak combined on the deep and concentrated …
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Lake Chalice The Raptor Pinot Noir 2021 (Marlborough)
top 10Intense and deeply coloured in the glass, this high-toned and youthful pinot is unashamedly big in style with aromas of …
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Best Buys for Pinot Noir
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Ara Single Estate Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016
“Delicious warmth,” noted Jo Gear. The nose is subtle yet pretty, with violets, chocolate, coffee and spice notes to the …
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Babich Black Label Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016
Intriguing smoky, earthy scents along with red fruit notes provide the introduction to this quite singular expression. A core of …
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Burnt Spur Martinborough Pinot Noir 2016
Bright, confected aromatics set the tone. This is a brazen, fruit-led style with good fruit purity and quite a sweet …
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Delta Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016
Bright in colour and personality, this is a fresh, well-structured style. The flavour profile is distinctive with sweet dark berry, …
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Forrest Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016
top 10
Fruit, glorious fruit. This wine’s fruit expression impressed the entire panel. Layers of red and dark fruit notes fill the mouth …
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Gunn Estate Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017
Pinots of this quality rarely come so sharply priced. It leads with pretty floral scents, and in the mouth is …
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Hãhã Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016
Made from fruit drawn from both the Wairau and Awatere Valley, this is another very smart buy. Crushed berryfruit scents …
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Hunter’s Marlborough Pinot Noir 2015
top 10
This is a bold, retro style built around a lush heart of ripe fruit. Red and dark fruit flavours cavort across the …
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Lake Chalice The Nest Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016
Priced to please, this wine is “a delicious mouthful of drinkability” (Jo Gear). Red berry, dark cherry and herbal notes …
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Madam Sass Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016
Crafted from single vineyard Bendigo fruit, this debut pinot is seriously good for the price. It’s a warm, ripe expression, …
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Rapaura Springs Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016
Beautifully coloured (garnet and ruby), this wine has an attractive smoky earthiness which offsets the succulent, dark fruit flavours. Warm …
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Stoneleigh Rapaura Series Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016
This is a very approachable wine. Made in an old school style, it offers a heaped helping of sweet dark …
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Wairau River Pinot Noir 2016 (Marlborough)
top 10
This smartly priced charmer from a pioneering winery that is treading a bold, individualistic path, impressed John Belsham: “A well-defined bright expression with …
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