Now owned by Saint Clair, the Lake Chalice label continues to produce great value wine under its ‘The Nest’ tier. …
→ moreThis is fantastic value. Get ready for love at first sniff – the nose is delightfully out there and floral. …
→ moreThe creamy texture of this wine slows things down to a dignified pace. The nose is citrusy; in the mouth …
→ moreThey’ve been making good riesling for a long time at Allan Scott, and that experience shows. Enticing floral scents lead …
→ morePresenting a very different style to that of our top wine, this is an ethereal expression. It leads with delightful …
→ moreThis 2017 offers excellent value. Yellow fruit notes – grapefruit and melon – are writ large, and wrapped in a …
→ moreModelled after the Italian ‘frizzante’ wines, which are only slightly effervescent, this is also a low-alcohol expression. It is light …
→ moreThis low-alcohol version (10%) is made predominantly from pinot noir. Pale pink in the glass, it offers a riot of …
→ moreThis label, whose wines are all crafted by the talented Simon Fell, perennially overachieves in the value-for-money stakes. This rendition …
→ morePretty in the glass, and pretty good to drink as well. This merlot-based charm from the Bay delivers peach, apricot, …
→ moreClean and fresh on the understated nose that belies the expressive palate within. Lots of concentrated flavours abound with concentrated …
→ moreCrisp and fresh with ripe concentrated thiol aromas that give the nose impact. The palate is also ripe and concentrated …
→ moreThe nose here resembles a tropical fruit salad – fresh, bright and inviting. This too is true of the palate …
→ moreA vibrant and forward nose with tropical fruit aromas and a herbal lift that draws you in. The well-balanced palate …
→ moreA ripe, yet quiet wine that has a restrained, yet complex aromatic profile. A well made wine with delicious greens …
→ moreA lively nose with lots of aromatic thiol characteristics sitting alongside some reduction. The palate has concentrated and intense aromas …
→ moreRipe and crisp with lots of aromatic and flavour intensity throughout. The herbals are fresh on the nose alongside passionfruit …
→ moreAn attractive nose with classic gooseberries and hints of herbs and blackcurrant leaf. The palate is vibrant with lots of …
→ moreA riper style that is wonderfully complex and generous throughout. Fresh and lively with incredible fruit intensity on the nose …
→ morePungent and expressive on the nose with gooseberry and blackcurrant leaf aromas alongside some greens. The palate is generous and …
→ moreIf there is a brand that is synonymous with New Zealand wine it’s Villa Maria. The company’s history is long …
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