The experience of winemaker/proprietor Karl Johner (he annually works vintages in both Germany and the Wairarapa), is on display in …
→ morePerennially impressive, this powerful, concentrated Pete Bartle-made wine doesn’t hold back. Intense violet, cedar and red cherry notes ring out, …
→ moreMade by Matua Valley winemaker Nikolai St George, this is a pinot noir of size and stature. It is purple-rimmed …
→ moreGrown on a spectacular elevated site in Bendigo, this pinot’s dimensions unfold gradually. Its sweet floral aromatics show initial shyness; …
→ moreJules Taylor has crafted an exuberant, approachable wine. Perfumed, pure, generously endowed with enticing dark fruit and well seasoned with …
→ more“Sensational purity and perfume,” enthused Sam Harrop. This is an unabashedly big-fruited style; dense, chunky, with dark berry flavours and …
→ moreThe ongoing rise of the stature of this winery’s pinot noir continues – this is one of seven Saint Clair …
→ moreNamed after the narrow strip of impoverished soil in the lower Waihopai Valley on which its vines grow, this wine …
→ moreGrown in the Wairau Valley, this pinot treads a middle path: sweet yet also earthy, dense but bright, happy yet …
→ more“Generous and juicy,” noted John Belsham. There is certainly an open-heartedness to this wine, with its dark pool of ripe …
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