Riesling from New Zealand – Otago 18.5+/20
Bright, pale straw colour with slight green hues, near
colourless on the rim. The nose is
elegant and delicate with finely concentrated and intense aromas of limes,
lemonade and tangerines harmoniously entwined with exotic florals, a little
honeysuckle and musk, and a touch of saline minerality. This has aromatic beauty. Dry to taste and light-medium bodied, the
palate is gently rich with exotic flavours of limes, lemonade and citrus fruit
with exotic florals, honeysuckle and a little sherbet and musk, with
thirst-quenching mineral nuances. The
palate is poised with the soft richness balanced by crisp acidity, and the wine
is carried with good energy and tension to a long, lingering finish of florals
and honey. This is a gently rich dry
Riesling with exotic citrus, floral, honied and musky flavours on a poised
palate with crisp acidity. Serve as an
aperitif and with Asian fare over the next 4 years. Clean Riesling fruit from the ‘Mondillo’
vineyard, WBP and cool-fermented to 12.0% alc. and 5.69 g/L RS, TA 7.5 g/L and
pH 3.20. 18.5+/20 Sep 2018
RRP $28.00
Disclaimer: This wine is distributed by ‘Wine2Trade’, the
company under which ‘Raymond Chan Wine Reviews’ operates
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Rose from New Zealand – Otago18.5/20
Bright, light cerise-pink colour with some depth and pale
purple hues on the rim. The nose is
softly fresh and bright with good volume of raspberries and cream with fragrant
dark-red florals and a subtle amalgam of mouthwatering herbs and
confectionary. The aromatics show good
depth and intensity, growing with aeration.
Dryish to taste and medium-fullish bodied, the palate has a rich and
softly rounded core with concentrated flavours of raspberries and cream with
red florals, a hint of red liquorice, with subtle suggestions of
confectionary. The palate is vibrant and
lively, with fresh, lacy, thirst-quenching acidity balancing the gentle
sweetness and fruit richness. The wine
flows smoothly with good vitality to a long, lingering, finely concentrated
finish. This is a fine and smoothly
concentrated dryish rosé
with raspberries and cream, florals and hints of confectionary with excellent
vitality. Serve with antipasto and tapas
over the next 2 years. Pinot Noir
fruit from the ‘Mondillo’ vineyard, given 5 days skin contact and
cool-fermented to 13.5% alc. and 7.0 g/L RS.
18.5/20 Sep 2018 RRP $28.00
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Pinot Noir from New Zealand – Otago18.5/20Full, even, dark ruby-red colour with light, youthful purple
hues. The nose is elegantly presented
and seamlessly refined with tightly bound aromas of dark red cherry and berry
fruit infused with violet florals, nuances of liquorice, pepper and spices, all
harmoniously interwoven. Medium-full
bodied and elegantly concentrated, tightly bound flavours of dark red cherry
and berry fruit are entwined with thyme and fennel herbs, spices and liquorice. The fruit is lifted by dark red and violet
florals. The palate is sleek and has a
satin-like smoothness and flow, and follows a very fine line with flowery
tannins, carrying through to a very long and sustained finish of cherries and
florals. This is a beautifully sleek, seamless
and elegant Pinot Noir with aromatic cherry and berry fruit with herbal
detail. Match with poultry and pork, and
with Asian fare over the next 5-6 years.
Clones 5, 114, 115, 667 and 777 from the ‘Mondillo’ vineyard, fully
destemmed and fermented to 14.5% alc., the wine spending 21-24 days on skins
and aged 11 months in 30% new French oak.
18.5/20 May 2015 RRP $45.00
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Pinot Noir from New Zealand – Otago18.5/20Dark, moderately deep ruby-red
colour with purple hues, paler edged.
This has an elegantly presented nose with a concentrated core of ripe
black cherry and dark-red berry fruits, tightly packed with complexing nuances
of thyme herbs with subtle liquorice notes, unfolding savoury minerals and
dark-red and violet florals. The aromatics
blossom in the glass. Medium-full
bodied, the palate is softly packed with densely concentrated and harmoniously
interwoven flavours of dak cherry and dark-red berry fruits along with thyme
herbs, minerals and liquorice. The fruit
is rich and sweet, and mouthfilling, unfolding savoury herbal detail, and flows
along a smooth, near-seamless line. The
tannin extraction is fine-grained and supple, with soft, ripe acidity enlivening the fruit. The wine carries to a soft but concentrated,
sustained finish of dark red fruits, florals and herbs. This is a rich, harmoniously balanced Pinot
Noir with savoury herb layers and a supple, smooth palate. Serve with pork, lamb and beef dishes over
the next 5-6+ years. Clones 5, 114, 115,
667 and 777 from the ‘Mondillo’ vineyard, Bendigo, fully destemmed and
fermented to 14.5% alc., the wine spending 21-24 days on skins and aged 11 months
in 30% new French oak. 18.5/20 Sep 2016
RRP $45.00
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Pinot Noir from New Zealand – Otago19-/20
Dark, deep, ruby-red colour with slight purple hues, a
little lighter on the edge. The nose is
softly full and voluminous with fragrant aromas of ripe dark-red and black
cherry and berry fruits interwoven with violet florals forming a fine, deep core
with soft, dark herb nuances along with hints of spice and oak. Medium-full bodied, the palate has sweetly
rich and luscious, finely concentrated flavours of ripe, dark-red cherry and
berry fruits melded with an array of dark-red and violet florals, interwoven
with dark herb elements and a little spice.
The fruit richness is enlivened by fresh acidity and tempered by
fine-grained, flowery tannin extraction.
This has very good linearity and carries to a long, nuanced finish of
dark-red fruits, florals and herbs. This
is a sweetly rich and luscious, finely concentrated Pinot Noir with ripe
dark-red and black fruits lifted by fragrant florals and herb notes on a fine-structured
palate. Match with poultry and pork over
the next 6+ years. Clones 114, 115, 667,
777, 5 and Abel, from vines 15 y.o., fully destemmed and fermented to 14.0%
alc., the wine spending 21 days on skins and aged 11 months in 30% new French
oak. 19.0-/20 Dec 2018
RRP $45.00
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Sweet Wine from New Zealand – Otago 18+/20Bright, light golden-hued yellow colour, pale on the
edge. This has a softly concentrate and
packed nose of honey and nectar with lime marmalade botrytis aromas along with
fresh lime and floral fruit notes and subtle, steely mineral elements. Very sweet to taste and light-bodied, the
fruit expression is a little restrained, showing flavours of limes, white florals,
lime marmalade and honey. The palate is
rich and luscious with a soft unctuousness, along with a very smooth and
fine-textured line, the refreshing acidity balanced and integrated. Exotic jasmine florals and wild honey nuances
blossom and lead to a long, softly concentrated and rounded finish. This is a rich, rounded and unctuous botrytised
Riesling with concentrated flavours of lime marmalade and honey with exotic
florals. Match with fruit desserts,
panna cotta and crème caramel over the next 4-5 years. Hand-picked botrytis affected grapes from the
‘Mondillo’ vineyard, making up 65-70% of the pick, Bendigo, fermented in
stainless-steel to 10.0% alc. and 176 g/L RS, TA 9.2 g/L and pH 3.17. (375 ml)
18.0+/20 Oct 2016 RRP $38.00
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Sweet Wine from New Zealand – Otago18.5+/20
Bright, light straw-yellow colour with some depth, paler on
the rim. The nose is finely proportioned
with a tight core of ripe citrus fruit and floral aromas along with honey and
nectar, a little marmalade and a layering of musky botrytis, unfolding nuances
of minerals. Very sweet to taste and
light-bodied, the palate has intense and concentrated, opulent flavours of
citrus fruits with exotic florals, honey, nectar and musky botrytis
complexity. The palate is underlined by
fine fruit extract and phenolic textures, with balanced acidity lending
freshness, vibrancy and cut. The wine
carries to a sustained, decadent finish of honey and musk. This is an elegant, intensely flavoured,
decadent, botrytised Riesling with ripe citrus and exotic floral notes with
honey, nectar and musk flavours on a fine-textured palate. Serve as an aperitif, with fruit desserts and
light blue cheeses over the next 4+ years. Fruit from the ‘Mondillo’ vineyard with 60%
botrytis infection, fermented in tank to 10.0% alc. and 164 g/L RS, TA 10.6 g/L
and pH 3.15. (375 ml) 18.5+/20
Dec 2018 RRP $38.00
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