A very impressive wine that punches well above its weight. The generous mid palate highlights black cherry and tea leaf …
→ moreA tight red-fruited style that opens up well with spicy oak, dried herbs and gentle black pepper. Whilst rich in …
→ moreA savoury style with some herbal notes that add layers of complexity to the sweet-fruited palate. Cloves and other autumnal …
→ moreA fleshy style with real poise, depth and integrity. Spicy and juicy with terrific palate length the wine is appealing …
→ moreA generous, rich and dark fruited style that is long and luscious. The palate is powerful yet cleverly balanced with …
→ moreNew Zealand has very few genuine multi-generational family wine businesses. Wairau River is exactly that and continues to perform as …
→ moreAn energetic style with fresh basil and tangerine aromas. The palate shows peach and ripe bartlett pear notes with sufficient …
→ moreA generous version with tropical aromas spiced with chamomile. The champion here is ripe fruit which risks being over exuberant …
→ moreA more savoury style with notes of fennel and some salinity. This cooler climate wine holds its poise throughout the …
→ moreAra is Ma?ori for pathway and the name seeks to capture the journey from the vineyard to the glass. In …
→ moreRipe-fruit flavours of peach, nectarine and fig combine into a fantastic compote of aromas and flavours on the nose and …
→ moreBeautiful brioche with toasty spice provides a smart level of complexity around the ripe stonefruit aromas and flavours. An elegant …
→ moreA masterful example of the winemaker harnessing and exemplifying cooler-climate fruit. Nectarine stone and flesh, citrus with lemon curd and …
→ moreQuite a bit of struck match up front on the nose, but leads onto a palate rich in flavours of …
→ moreBright and light in the glass this is an elegant chardonnay with some very smart oak and intriguing secondary notes …
→ moreElegant, ripe white-peach stonefruit and lime notes balanced fantastically against the nuances of oak spice. Smart oak handling by the …
→ moreA knife edge on the sulphide characters – are they funky or flinty? Who can say? It comes down to …
→ moreGrapefruit pith, peach and struck match all show up on the nose and provide perfect alignment with the butterscotch and …
→ moreFresh and vibrant with a viscosity that helps this fruit-driven style to be able stand its ground with head held …
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