Medium coloured with just a hint of fade, this is an understated style with lovely complexity. Ripe fruit with pepper …
→ moreA complete wine with bright lifted aromatics of dark fruit, blueberries, red blossoms and herbs and spice against black-pepper notes …
→ moreIn 2021, Church Road chief winemaker Chris Scott became the only winemaker to win the prestigious ‘New Zealand Winemaker of …
→ moreA seductive nose that drags you into the glass where blueberries, mulberry and darker plum notes are threaded with spices …
→ moreGorgeous primary characters abound on the nose as red plums and dark spices jump out of the glass. On the …
→ moreSoft aromatics of lifted black fruits with hints of savoury characters and a pinch of black pepper come through on …
→ moreOn the nose cassis and dark berries with a violet lift sit against wild brooding brambly and beefy aromas – …
→ moreA superb Hawke’s Bay/Gimblett Gravels syrah. What else would we expect from Villa Maria? It’s a glass-staining wine, intense and …
→ more“Robust but generous,” is how John Belsham accurately summed up this 2013 syrah. It offers ripe boysenberry, liquorice and white …
→ morePerfection in Hawke’s Bay syrah from Villa Maria. The concentrated nose of dark berries, liquorice, spice and cola is immediately …
→ moreAn intense ruby colour with lifted aromas of black and blueberries, pungent cloves and reduction on the nose. A full-bodied …
→ moreA ripe example with dark fruits, pepper and florals on the nose alongside liquorice and toasty oak aromas. Bold tannins …
→ moreAnother great value from the Languedoc, this is a funky, slightly rustic but very French-styled syrah with big ripe round …
→ moreLeverets are baby hares in case you were asking, and this syrah might be just the thing to serve with …
→ moreMatua is the birthplace of New Zealand sauvignon blanc, but this wine proves the estate isn’t a one-hit wonder. It’s …
→ moreA vibrant and floral style with elegant berry and pepper tones assisted with spicy oak. Layered with sweet fruit yet …
→ moreDarkly fruited and youthful with a restrained nose that manages to be complex despite its shy nature. Smoked meat and …
→ moreA more savoury, less overtly fruity Hawke’s Bay syrah from the prized Gimblett Gravels district. The nose suggests undergrowth, plums, …
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