Pinot Gris from New Zealand – Marlborough  17.5/20Bright, light golden-yellow colour, paler on the rim. The nose is soft and full with good depth of
bright and ripe yellow stonefruits along with subtle notes of tropical fruits
and hints of spice, unfolding honeysuckle notes and suggestions of marmalade. The aromatics grow in presence and depth with
aeration. Off-dry to taste and
medium-bodied, the palate has rich, bright and up-front fruit flavours of
yellow stonefruits, exotic florals, honeysuckle and a little spice and
marmalade. The mouthfeel is refreshing
with good lacy acidity, and the wine flows with good energy along a positive,
fine-textured line. The flavours carry
to a rich, slightly honied finish. This
is an off-dry Pinot Gris with stonefruit, floral and honied flavours on a soft-textured,
but fresh palate. Match with Asian and
Middle Eastern fare over the next 3+ years.
Fruit from the Waihopi Valley fermented in stainless-steel to 14.0% alc.
and 5.9 g/L RS. 17.5/20 Jun 2017
RRP $21.95
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Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand – Marlborough18.5+/20Bright, very pale straw colour with slight green hues. The nose is very elegant and delicate with
subtly detailed aromas of pure fruit, showing white florals, white and green
stonefruits, a suggestion of gooseberries, along with fresh herbs, This is tightly bound, and reveals a core of
thirst-quenching wet-stone minerals.
This is sheer finesse and refinement.
Dry to taste and medium-full bodied, the palate has a refined and
tightly concentrated core of white and green stonefruits entwined with white
florals, herbs and a hint of gooseberries, along with mouth-watering minerals. The core is fine, firm and taut, and the wine
flows along a very fine-textured phenolic line with crisp and brisk acid
energy. The flavours have linearity and
drive, and carry to an elegant, lingering dry, minerally finish. This is a very taut and concentrated, refined
and detailed Sauvignon Blanc with thirst quenching stonefruit, herb, floral and
minerally flavours. Serve with shellfish
and seafood over the next 3+ years. Hand-picked
fruit from a single north-facing hillside vineyard in the Wairau Valley, fermented
in stainless-steel with a small portion in new French oak to 13.5% alc. and 1.2
g/L RS. 18.5+/20 Jun 2017
RRP $34.95
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