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Te Mata Elston Chardonnay 2021
$55.00Immense, proportioned Chardonnay, but with a tingling freshness to match the creamy, nutty spiciness. Full bodied, with yellow fruits, grapefruit, orange blossom, lime and lemon zest. Flinty and funky; slight savoury note and a moreish chewiness. For those who never fell out of love with Chardonnay. Waters Wine Co Expressive nose of white grapefruit, white […]
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Pyramid Valley Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020
$65.00Out of Stock
I tasted this wine on days 2 and 3 as well to learn about its development potential. Turned out to be a good idea with the most complex aromas alongside scents of the variety and region showing best on day 3. Flavours of black cherry and baked raspberry, there’s a fine stony mineral quality and […]
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Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Sauvignon Plus 2021
$36.00Out of Stock
The 2021 Sauvignon + North Canterbury is so named because it isn’t just Sauvignon Blanc; there’s a touch of barrel-fermented Pinot Gris here too. What’s more, 7% of the Sauvignon was fermented on skins in clay amphorae, the remainder in both tanks and barrels. The result is a dry, textural white with a rich midpalate. […]
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Te Mata Awatea Cabernet Merlot 2021
$50.00Supremely elegant with the power and focus of Cabernet and the sensual softness of Merlot. Aromas of sandalwood, cassis, plum, raspberry, and bay leaf. Vivid fruit profile, composed and balanced palate. Everything is in its place – fruit, acid, tannin – totally integrated. Poised and delicious. Waters Wine Co Deep-ish purple-red colour, glowing and […]
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Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Chardonnay 2020
$55.00A blend of three vineyards including some of the oldest Chardonnay in the country (going back to 1982), the 2020 Chardonnay North Canterbury is seductive, ripe and creamy, with smoky oak and grilled nut-like characters (25% new barrels including Mercurey). The ripe fruit quality is excellent and generous; hand-harvesting and whole-bunch pressing followed by a […]
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Rippon Mature Vine Riesling 2019
$55.00Bracing minerals, sliced pears and apples, wet stones and a gently floral edge here. So pure and fresh. The palate has a succulent, powerfully aligned drive of fresh apple and pear flavours with a mouthwateringly fresh stream of acidity. More citrusy at the finish. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold. 95 Points – JamesSuckling.com […]
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Burn Cottage Pinot Noir 2020
$100.00Wonderful intensity, combining the wealth of sweet dark fruits, classic Central Otago, with a high toned coolness and coiled power. Dark cherry, cola, lavender, blackcurrant, blackberry, blood plum and 5 spice. Voluminous palate and head turning presence. Silken texture with a wealth of flavour, buoyant acidity and fine, melting tannins. Benchmark for the region. Waters […]
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Rippon Gewürztraminer 2020
$55.00Out of Stock
Wild fermented, whole bunch pressed and 12 months on lees, this may be Rippon’s finest Gerwurz yet. Floral, delicate musk, sage, honeysuckle, lychee, red apple, citrus and white flowers. Sensual palate, so juicy and textured with layers of detail and a heighted sense of refinement. Lovely shape. Cut and corseted by deep acidity, off which […]
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Dog Point Pinot Noir 2021
$55.00A bright perfumed, supple expression of Marlborough pinot noir from clay hill slopes. The fruit is supported by bright florals of rose and violets with crunchy red berry fruit and dried herb notes. The palate is succulent with alluring red cherry, brown spices and silky fine boned tannins. This wine has all the makings of a long […]
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Rippon Lolo’s Block Pinot Noir 2019
$155.00A one off release (pity!), to commemorate the 70th birthday of Rippon’s co-founder, Lois Mills. Lolo’s Block is the highest of all Rippon vineyards and is the lowest yielding, due to its warmth and least fertile soils. Only 14 dozen made it to Australia, and of that we have only 12 bottles. The most complex […]
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Rippon Emma’s Block Pinot Noir 2018
$138.00It’s hard to express, but smells tighter, with some more noticeable oak. Plum, Daphne, creme de cassis, raspberry and brown spice. The structure is more evident than in the Mature Vine and is cooler, cosseted and slightly less expressive. Very long, so persistent with those trademark velvety/chalk tannins that become more firm and morph into […]
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Rippon Mature Vine Pinot Noir 2012 Cellar Release
$165.00Direct from the cool dark cellars of Rippon, and at 10 years old this is drinking beautifully. It’s interesting to taste the estate’s DNA, with no perceptible style changes over the years. As always, an expression of vintage, and 2012 is considered great according to Nick Mill, owner/winemaker at Rippon. Red fruits, cherry, plum, strawberry, […]
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Te Mata Estate Chardonnay 2022
$30.00Vibrant white-gold, Estate Chardonnay ’22 dazzles with bright lemon blossom and concentrated white peach. On the palate, all the ripe Hawke’s Bay stone fruit on offer softens to mascarpone and macadamia, with barrel-ferment notes of toast, biscuit and woodsmoke. The lingering finish of Estate Chardonnay ’22 is fine and dry, marrying the wine’s fresh fruit […]
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Vanguardist Hawkes Bay Syrah 2020
$55.00The 2020 Syrah is sourced from Ash Ridge in the Bridge Pa triangle, Hawkes Bay. Organic certified/in conversion, selection Massale and Chave clones. Both spontaneous ferments, one at 30% whole bunch and the other at 60%. Around 5 weeks on skins with very gentle pigeage prior to pressing. The raw wine was shipped to the Vanguardist […]
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Rippon Mature Vine Riesling 2020
$55.00A Riesling of great drama, concentration and tension, of a style rarely found outside Germany. Exotic yellow fruits, cherry, green apple, savoury spice, apricot, yellow peach and honeysuckle. Medium bodied, deep and pure, a thrilling tense palate, Saar like. Rippling energy, gripped with piquant acidity, squeezing phenolics and dusted by mineral salts. Tamed by residual […]
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Rippon Emma’s Block Pinot Noir 2019
$145.00Emma’s Block is at the bottom of the slope, by the lake, facing east. The soils, like the rest of the estate are of schist. This is a cool site, with winds whipping up off the lake and hitting Emma’s first. Cool and high toned, floral, pretty with more spice and red and briary fruit. […]
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Rippon Lolo’s Mature Vine Riesling 2019
$75.00I have never tasted a riesling to match the intensity of Saar, until this encounter with Rippon’s 2019 Lola. We were lucky enough to have the better part of a bottle, which we drank over three days. Never for a moment did the wine loose a skerrick of it’s power or titanic fruit. Aromatic, with […]
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Te Mata Awatea Cabernet Merlot 2019
$50.00Very bright, deep, youthful purple/red colour. The aromas are outstandingly deep and bright and youthfully fresh; violets, red and blue fruits rocketing out of the glass, oak barely visible in the background. The wine is soft-textured and medium to full-bodied, elegant and pure, seamless and long. An utterly delicious cabernet blend. 95 Points – Huon […]
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Black Estate Damsteep Pinot Noir 2020
$65.00The dense mid-palate retains a sense of transparency in the mouth. There are red cherry aromas, florals, mushroom nuances and subtle baking spices waiting to blossom within the dense core. The abundant acidity makes your mouth water like a flowing stream. The fine chalky tannins in combination with the acidity provide a line of tension […]
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Black Estate Home Pinot Noir 2020
$50.00This has an attractively savory nose of wild blueberries, peppercorns, earth and thyme. Medium-bodied with tight-grained tannins and tangy acidity. I like the smoky, ashy energy here. Very persistent. From organically grown grapes. Unfined and unfiltered. Drink or hold. 94 points, James Suckling Deep ruby hue. Smells like dark plum, violets, black olive, woody […]
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Reed White Heart Riesling 2023
$36.00“This is the first year I have stepped out of Geelong to find Riesling fruit. It seems to be that Riesling is a hard grape to come by these days, especially in my home GI. Until I can grow a large enough crop of my own in Torquay, I have decided to venture out to […]
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Reed Siren Riesling 2023
$45.00“This wine is called ‘Grape Siren’ because before I had ever heard of the Waitaki Valley, its wines found me in a glass. It was as though I was smacked in the face with a handful of crushed limestone while being swept below the sea and stung by an electric eel. I knew exactly what […]
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Reed Frequency Botrytis Riesling 2023 (375ml)
$55.00“This wine was produced with the intent to make a dry style, but as the weather shifted I listened to the wise words of Grant Taylor and “just followed the Riesling”. The Botrytis was impeccable, so Tim Heyes, Grant and myself broke this wine off into three, uniting my bond with the people of Waitaki […]
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