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• Tohu Gisborne Chardonnay 2012

  3 | $20-$25

• Mount Riley 17 Valley Chardonnay 2012

  The 17 Valley vineyard near TaylorsPass is the jewel in the Mount Riley crown. This is a gorgeously aromatic version, …

  4 | $30-$40

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• Nautilus Marlborough Chardonnay 2012

  This label’s chardonnays get better by the vintage and this is a cracker. It oozes class, from the first whiff …

  4 | $30-$40

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• Gibbston Valley Reserve Chardonnay 2012

  

  They enjoy making chardonnay at GibbstonValley and have succeeded here with this fine, steely version that drew comparisons with chablis. …

  4.5 | $30-$40

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• Villa Maria Single Vineyard Taylors Pass Marlborough Chardonnay 2012

  

  A great single-vineyard wine should take you somewhere special and this wine certainly does. Pale in the glass, it offers …

  5 | $30-$40

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• Forrest Riesling 2012

  A signature of Forrest’s rieslings is their “togetherness”. All elements work in harmony to create an integrated, graceful whole. Green- …

  4 | $20-$25

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• Zephyr Riesling 2012

  This “totally seductive” wine rocked Cameron Douglas’s world and earned high praise from the entire panel. It’s a big, concentrated …

  5 | $20-$25 Best Buys

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• Lawson’s Dry Hills Gewurztraminer 2012

  This winery has some of the oldest gewurztraminer vines in Marlborough, which helps explain the wafting, intense florals of this …

  4 | $25-$30

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• Ostler Lakeside Vines Riesling 2012

  3 | $25-$30

• Villa Maria Reserve Marlborough Dry Riesling 2012

  When all its elements are in balance, riesling takes on a weightless quality, as in this splendid wine from Villa Maria. …

  5 | $25-$30

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