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Church Road McDonald Series Chardonnay 2023 (Hawke’s Bay)
top 5
As there isn’t another red wine tasting scheduled here at Cuisine for 2024, I had thought that I was done …
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Lawson’s Dry Hills Reserve Chardonnay 2022 (Marlborough)
top 5
Lots of fruit and fragrant florals on the nose with herbal spice and some subtle reductive characters. The palate is …
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ENVOY Johnson Chardonnay 2017 (Marlborough)
top 5
A pale colour in the glass which belies its seven years in bottle, this wine is fresh and understated on …
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Wet Jacket Chardonnay 2023 (Central Otago)
top 5
Lots going on through this complex but not overt example. The fruit here is bright – citrus and stone fruit …
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Ant Moore a+ Chardonnay 2023 (Marlborough)
top 5
A sulphidic style of chardonnay done really well with ripe fruit and vibrancy from the get-go. Though the acid is …
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Saint Clair James Sinclair Chardonnay 2021 (Marlborough)
top 10
A medium colour in the glass with high- toned fruit on the nose; lifted citrus (both lemon and yellow grapefruit) …
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Alchemy Chardonnay 2023 (Hawke’s Bay)
top 10
Fresh and clean with aromas of grapefruit citrus, meadow blossoms and herbal spice on the nose. The palate is well …
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Domaine Rewa Chardonnay 2022 (Central Otago)
top 10Youthful and concentrated with lifted fruit and lots of oak on the nose. The palate is full and chewy with …
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Ash Ridge Premium Chardonnay 2023 (Hawke’s Bay)
top 10
Understated on the nose with restrained aromas of lemon citrus pith, baking spice with oak and reductive characters. On the …
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Craggy Range Chardonnay 2022 (Gimblett Gravels, Hawke’s Bay)
Pale in the glass with citrus and stone fruit through the nose and on the palate. A lovely core of …
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Alchemy Chardonnay 2023 (Hawke’s Bay)
top 15
Fresh and clean with aromas of grapefruit citrus, meadow blossoms and herbal spice on the nose. The palate is well …
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Ant Moore a+ Chardonnay 2023 (Marlborough)
top 15
A sulphidic style of chardonnay done really well with ripe fruit and vibrancy from the get-go. Though the acid is …
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Ara Select Blocks Sauvignon Blanc 2013
top 10
(Marlborough) Grown in the Waihopai Valley, this wine has that “Marlborough factor” in abundance. Citrus and apple notes are lifted …
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Ara Single Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2013
top 10
The breadth of experience of chief winemaker Jeff Clarke shows in this pristine beauty. Pure and juicy, with an attractive …
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Ara Single Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2015 (Marlborough)
top 10
‘Balance’ is the word for this wine, made by the seasoned practitioner Jeff Clarke. It offers an attractive mix of …
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Archangel Halina Central Otago Riesling 2014
top 5
“A BEAUTIFUL EXPRESSION of pure fruit and sensitive winemaking,” opined John Belsham. A few years in the bottle has also …
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36 Bottles Central Otago Riesling 2014
“Understated yet pristine,” noted John Belsham. Bright lemon and stonefruit flavours enliven this expression, which starts sweetish but finishes quite …
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Akarua Pinot Gris 2015
top 5
This is another Bannockburn-grown wine that bristles with crispness and energy. Peardrop, citrus and appley notes ring out with freshness …
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Akarua Riesling 2015
A greeting of jasmine and apple blossom scents leads through to a delicately textured, medium-dry mouthful, generously stocked with lime …
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Akarua Rua Pinot Gris 2018 (Central Otago)
top 5
A very fresh and crisp style with an appealing aromatic blend of soft herbs such as basil and lemongrass with …
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Allan Scott Family Winemakers Marlborough Pinot Gris 2017
top 5
The experienced hands at Allan Scott Family Winemakers have created a very moreish style. Spiced pear drop and attractive fresh …
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Allan Scott Marlborough Late Harvest Riesling 2014
A brilliant, golden sweet white wine that opens with notable botrytis influence, intensifying toffee and honey characters woven through a …
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Abbazia di Novacella Kerner DOC 2021 (Alto Adige, Italy)
Lemon sherbert and green apple are present on the bright and light nose. Through the palate, apples and grapefruit citrus …
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Akarua Central Otago Riesling 2017
This is a focused, tight, off-dry style. It shows good concentration, with lime and wet stone flavours evident, along with …
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Akarua Chardonnay 2022 (Bannockburn, Central Otago)
Understated but fruit forward with aromas of ripe peaches, florals and a hint of butterscotch on the nose. The palate …
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Akarua Pinot Gris 2016 (Central Otago)
This Bannockburn-grown wine is dryish and pinot grigio-esque in style. Peardrop and apple scents usher in a soft-textured, juicy mouthful. Saline …
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Allan Scott Family Winemakers Marlborough Riesling 2017
They’ve been making good riesling for a long time at Allan Scott, and that experience shows. Enticing floral scents lead …
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Allan Scott Family Winemakers Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
This wine from one of Marlborough’s most experienced labels is well endowed with the ‘delicious factor’. Powerful, generous and weighty, …
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2018 Church House Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2018
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2018 Hunter’s Offshoot Chardonnay 2018 Marlborough
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2019 O: TU Classic Chardonnay 2019
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2019 Pask Small Batch Gimblett Gravels Wild Yeast Ferment Chardonnay 2019 Hawke’s Bay
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2020 Craggy Range Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020 (Marlborough)
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2020 Helio Chardonnay 2020 Hawke’s Bay