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Black Cottage Sauvignon Blanc 2019 (Marlborough)
top 5
A gorgeous example of snowpea, citrus and refined box hedge on the nose and palate. A wine with likability, drinkability …
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Waipara Hills Waipara Valley Pinot Noir Rosé 2019
top 10
beautiful, bright, supple cream-soda notes with confectionery and fresh herb notes on the nose. the palate is alive. lovely and …
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Middle Earth Pinot Meunier Rosé 2019 (Nelson)
top 5
Made with the little-grown pinot meunier, this is a brighter-colour rosé with great interest on the nose. With notes of …
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Maori Point Pinot Noir Rosé 2019 (Central Otago)
top 10
Pale red with aromas of strawberries and watermelon, both of which are reflected in the palate. Combined with just the …
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Bladen Marlborough Pinot Rosé 2019
top 5
UNANIMOUSLY AGREED as the best of the bunch, this pinot noir rosé from Bladen in Marlborough has a gorgeous pale …
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Alpha Domus Rosé 2019 (Hawke’s Bay)
top 10
Redcurrants, raspberries and strawberries, it’s all here in this merlot rosé. The nose continues through to the palate with persistence …
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Forrest Botrytised Riesling 2018 (Marlborough)
top 5
Sourced from three vineyards in the Wairau Valley, this wine is straw coloured with green tints and has lovely concentrated …
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Serge Mathieu Tradition Brut NV
A powerfully aromatic style that pushes the boundaries to deliver richness and intensity that is complex yet fresh and vibrant. …
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Piper-Heidsieck Cuvée Brut NV
Citrus-flower aromas are fresh while toasty notes provide punctuation. Flavours of sweet stone fruit and ripe citrus are tempered with …
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Louis Auger Brut NV
This lemon gold-hued wine with herbal aromatics leads to lip-smacking green apple and lime flavours with a layer of toasty …
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Best Buys for Champagne $100 & under
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Beaumet Brut
Fruit, nuts and preserved lemon aromatics are the prelude to a wine that starts quietly and grows in the mouth. …
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Beaumet Rosé Brut
The Beaumet rosé is a perennial favourite of the Cuisine tasting panel. This expression is all about the fruit at …
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Charles de Cazanove Tête de Cuvée
top 10
This is a smart package and represents excellent value too. Muted aromatics presage a seductive mouthful, with citrus, nougat and …
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Drappier Carte d’Or Brut
‘Assertive’ is a word often used to describe the Drappier style. It is always pinot noir dominant, which gives it …
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H. Lanvin et Fils Cuvée Sélection Brut
This non-vintage expression makes another of its regular appearances among our top placegetters. It’s a fresh, approachable style with bready …
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J. Lassalle Préférence Premier Cru Brut
top 10
Run by three generations of women, this grower Champagne estate has built an enviable reputation for quality. This is a …
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Jean-Josselin Blanc de Blancs Millésimé
top 10
Made by a small family-owned producer based in the tiny Champenois town of Gyé-sur-Seine, this is an attractive 100 per …
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Jean Josselin Cuvée des Jean
Only pinot noir grapes are used to make this intriguing wine, though you wouldn’t know it from the minerally, green …
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Louis Auger Brut
top 10
This is a lean, racy style. It opens its account with fresh, appley and pressed linen scents, then washes like …
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Piper-Heidsieck Cuvée Brut
top 10
This one entranced Tony Jordan – “fine, elegant, lovely.” It leads with patisserie and wet chalk aromas. In the mouth …
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