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Deutz Marlborough Cuvée NV
A sparkling with good poise complete with toasty creaminess, a delicate citrus squeeze and juicy granny smith apple crunch on …
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Grande Cuvée 1531 de Aimery Brut NV (France)
On the nose ripe citrus and lime sorbet perkiness balances against warming freshly toasted brioche notes, with it all working …
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De Bortoli Show Liqueur Muscat NV (Australia)
top 5A rich amber hue with aromas of dates, raisins, figs and roasted hazelnuts. A good intensity of flavours without being …
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Gonzalez Byass Néctar Pedro Ximénez Dulce NV (Spain)
top 5
When it comes to sherry you are tasting on a spectrum from light and lithe fino to the rich and …
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H. Lanvin & Fils Brut NV (France)
Presents with lovely poise and with an interesting sulphide flint on the nose. The palate boasts crisp acid which helps …
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Beaumet Vintage Champagne 2013 (France)
Light and bright on the nose with flinty sulphide notes that intrigues. The palate is crisp with taut linear acidity, …
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Lanson Le Black Label Brut NV (France)
top 10
Bright citrus and lime-blossom aromas please on the nose and flow through to the palate interwoven with yellow and green …
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Church Road McDonald Series Chardonnay 2019 Hawke’s Bay
Abundant with rich, ripe tropical stone-fruit characters on the nose and palate. Unashamedly peachy with good power and a supple …
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Bouldevines Vineyard Rapaura Springs Chardonnay 2019 Marlborough
top 5
A chardonnay from Marlborough taking top spot reinforces the point that this region can do so much more than sauvignon. …
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Whitehaven Marlborough Chardonnay 2020
top 10
White tropical fruits and biscuity brioche combine with hints of sweet lemon meringue pie on the nose. This and a …
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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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