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• Easthope Family Winegrowers Two Terraces Vineyard Gamay 2021 Hawke’s Bay

  3 | $30-$40

• Bushmere Estate Montepulciano 2021 (Gisborne)

  Our judges were enormously excited when the top wine was revealed as a 2021 Gisborne montepulciano, a glorious endorsement of …

  5 | $25-$30

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• Borsao Tocado Garnacha 2021 Borja, Spain

  3 | $15-$20

• Taylors Estate Shiraz 2021 (Limestone Coast/Clare Valley, South Australia)

  Youthful with a dense (almost impenetrable) colour in the glass, this wine has aromas and flavours of sweet purple fruits, …

  4.5 | $15-$20 Best Buys

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• Squawking Magpie The Chatterer Merlot Malbec 2021 (Hawke’s Bay)

  A vibrant purple colour that comes to the rim of the glass with aromas of bright plum and hints of …

  5 | $20-$25

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• Church Road 1 Malbec 2021 (Gimblett Gravels, Hawke’s Bay)

  Dark and brooding with opulent fruit and berries on the attractive and complex nose. The palate is concentrated and deep …

  5 | over $100

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• Wet Jacket Pinot Noir 2021 (Central Otago)

  

  I admit to questioning why someone would name a wine brand after something that inherently smells bad, such as a …

  5 | $40-$50

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• Martinborough Vineyard Home Block Pinot Noir 2021 (Martinborough)

  

  Deeply coloured, dense and brooding in the glass with sumptuous black fruit, concentrated currants, black cherries, herbs and spices on …

  5 | $60-$70

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• Saint Clair James Sinclair Pinot Noir 2021 (Marlborough)

  

  Bright, yet deeply coloured with cherries, red fruits and reduction on the nose. The palate is abundant with sweet fruit …

  5 | $25-$30 Best Buys

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• Saint Clair Pioneer Block 15 Strip Block Pinot Noir 2021 (Marlborough)

  

  An almost purple-red in the glass with brooding dark florals coming through the nose and onto the palate alongside bright …

  5 | $30-$40

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