Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand – Canterbury & Waipara    17.5-/20
Brilliant pale straw colour with light lemon-green hues,
lighter on the edge. The nose is softly
fresh with aromas of cut-grass and nettles, along with gooseberry fruit and
subtle notes of tropical fruits and lantana, all lifted by fragrant florals and
chalky mineral elements. Dry to taste
and medium-bodied, the palate is elegant in presentation with intense and
penetrating flavours of nettles, cut-grass, gooseberries and tropical fruits,
entwines with florals, herbs and minerals.
The palate flows with good energy and drive along a fine-textured line
with crisp acidity lending zestiness.
The flavours carry through to a lingering finish of nettles, herbs and
minerals. This is an elegant, intensely
flavoured Sauvignon Blanc with nettle, herb, gooseberry and tropical fruit
flavours with mineral elements on a fine-textured palate. Serve as an aperitif and with seafood over
the next 2 years. North Canterbury fruit
cool-fermented in stainless-steel to 13.5% alc. and dryness, the wine aged on
lees. 17.5-/20 Apr 2018
RRP $20.99
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Chardonnay from New Zealand - South Island    16.5+/20
Full, light golden-yellow colour with some depth. The nose is fresh and gently full with a
softly packed, but dense core of white stonefruits melded with an amalgam of
nuts and marzipan, chalky minerals and flint, and an oxidative hint. Medium-full bodied, the palate is rich and
flavoursome with up-front and lively flavours of stonefruits and citrus fruits
entwined with a creamy barrel-ferment underlay, and an amalgam of nuts with
lemon-curd and butterscotch MLF. The flavours
unfold toasty and mineral elements. The
fruit is underlined by a light phenolic thread with fresh, lacy acidity
providing brightness and tension. The flavours
recede as the wine carries to a light finish.
This ia a well-packed Chardonnay with up-front and rich flavours of
stonefruits and citrus fruits, along with nutty, barrel-ferment and MLF interest
on a bright palate. Match with seafood,
poultry and pork over the next 3 years. South
Island fruit fully indigenous yeast barrel-fermented to 13.5% alc., the wine
aged on lees one year in seasoned French oak barriques and puncheons,
undergoing partial MLF. 16.5+/20 Apr 2018
RRP $20.99
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Sweet Wine from New Zealand – Canterbury & Waipara    17/20
Deep orange-gold colour with some depth, a touch opaque,
lighter on the rim. The bouquet is full
and broad with up-front and voluminous aromas of ripe tropical fruit melded
with orange marmalade, caramel and butterscotch, along with honey and bees-wax,
and a layering of volatility. Sweet to
taste and fullish bodied, the palate is soft and rounded with a deep and solid
heart of ripe tropical fruits entwined with orange marmalade, honey, bees-wax
and caramel, along with some volatile lift.
The mouthfeel is lush with an underlying dense core, and the palate
shows some alcoholic power. The acidity
is soft and enhances the rounded mouthfeel.
The decadent flavours carry to a fulsome finish. This is a soft and rounded Late Harvest Pinot
Gris with strong botrytis flavours showing tropical fruits, marmalade and
caramel along with some volatility.
Match with steamed puddings, and caramel desserts over the next 3 years. Late-harvested Pinot Gris fruit with 50%
botrytis infection fermented in seasoned oak to 14.0% alc. and 86 g/L RS, the
wine aged 2 years on lees in barrel. 17.0/20 Apr 2018
RRP $24.99
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