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Villa Maria Cellar Selection Marlborough Dry Riesling 2016
Perennially a label that punches well above its asking price, this Cellar Selection release is looking very smart. Tangy green …
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Grower’s Mark Gale Force Vineyard Marlborough Bone Dry Riesling 2016
This is a great buy. Clean and lively, with floral scents and flavours akin to fresh-cut herbs and citrus, it …
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Spade Oak Voysey Gisborne Pinot Gris 2017
This wine is all about shape and texture. It’s a riper style, curvaceous in the mouth rather than linear. The …
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Huntaway Reserve Gewurztraminer 2017 (Gisborne)
This youthful expression from Gisborne is off-dry in style. It opens up in the glass to offer classic rose petal …
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Vidal Estate Marlborough Dry Riesling 2016
This is a typical Vidal riesling – dry (as its label states), tangy, intense, full of joy and brightness. In …
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Vista Nelson Pinot Gris 2017
Grown on a sloping site at Kina, in Nelson’s Upper Moutere, this wine has lovely delicacy and tension. It is …
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Villa Maria Cellar Selection Marlborough Pinot Gris 2017
Very lovable and drinkable, this is a juicy, fresh expression. Lifted ginger and ripe nashi pear flavours are underscored by …
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Vidal Estate Hawke’s Bay Pinot Gris 2017
The warmth of Hawke’s Bay, along with the addition of small amounts of gewurztraminer (6 per cent) and viognier (2 …
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Mount Brown Estates North Canterbury Pinot Gris 2017
This is a medium-dry style that is gently fragrant and offers pear, citrus and stonefruit flavours. “Shows pure fruit and …
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Mission Estate Marlborough Pinot Gris 2017
Grown at the ocean end of the Awatere Valley on an estate-owned vineyard, this wine leads with warm jasmine scents. …
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Best Buys for NZ Chardonnay
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Ara Single Estate Chardonnay 2019 (Marlborough)
Ara is Ma?ori for pathway and the name seeks to capture the journey from the vineyard to the glass. In …
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Esk Valley Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2018
Ripe-fruit flavours of peach, nectarine and fig combine into a fantastic compote of aromas and flavours on the nose and …
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Hunter’s Chardonnay 2019 (Marlborough)
Beautiful brioche with toasty spice provides a smart level of complexity around the ripe stonefruit aromas and flavours. An elegant …
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Mount Riley Wines 17 Valley Chardonnay 2019 (Marlborough)
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A masterful example of the winemaker harnessing and exemplifying cooler-climate fruit. Nectarine stone and flesh, citrus with lemon curd and …
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Pask Gimblett Gravels Chardonnay 2018 (Hawke’s Bay)
Quite a bit of struck match up front on the nose, but leads onto a palate rich in flavours of …
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Petane ‘Puriri Block’ Chardonnay 2019 (Hawke’s Bay)
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Bright and light in the glass this is an elegant chardonnay with some very smart oak and intriguing secondary notes …
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Te Kairanga Estate Chardonnay 2019 (Martinborough)
Elegant, ripe white-peach stonefruit and lime notes balanced fantastically against the nuances of oak spice. Smart oak handling by the …
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Te Pa Chardonnay 2019 (Marlborough)
A knife edge on the sulphide characters – are they funky or flinty? Who can say? It comes down to …
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Villa Maria Platinum Selection Hawke’s Bay Sur Lie Chardonnay 2018
Grapefruit pith, peach and struck match all show up on the nose and provide perfect alignment with the butterscotch and …
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Wairau River Chardonnay 2019 (Marlborough)
Fresh and vibrant with a viscosity that helps this fruit-driven style to be able stand its ground with head held …
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