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, …
→ moreYet to evolve beyond raw primary characters, this powerful young Hawke’s Bay syrah needs time to mellow and integrate. With …
→ moreVanillin oak exerts a powerful influence on this syrah from the Gimblett Gravels, Hawke’s Bay’s most highly prized district. However, …
→ moreAn unusually delicate style of Hawke’s Bay syrah, this wine has a very floral, pretty fragrance, with pristine plummy fruit …
→ moreFrom Hawke’s Bay’s red metal soils, Selaks Reserve has a nose of raspberries, red cherries and peppery spice. There’s a …
→ moreAlready showing some development, Te Awanga Syrah, made by Hawke’s Bay specialist Rod McDonald, couples good levels of fruit ripeness …
→ moreA Hawke’s Bay syrah of impressive depth and potential. It displays perfectly ripe plummy fruit interwoven with suggestions of sweet …
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