Rose from New Zealand – Wairarapa & Wellington    17-/20
Moderately deep, light red colour, lighter on the rim. The nose is firmly concentrated with deep and
solidly packed aromas of red cherry fruit along with a layering of fresh, savoury
and dark herbs lending mouthwatering notes.
Very dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate is vibrant and edgy with
a piquant core of bitter cherry fruit entwined with an array of herbs. The mouthfeel is lively, refreshing and
thirst-quenching with some phenolic textures.
The mouthfeel features plenty of grip and presence, and the wine carries
to a long, textural finish of bitter cherries and herbs. This is a vibrant and edgy dry rosé that borders on being a
light red, with cherry and herbal flavours on a weighty and solid palate with
thirst-quenching grip. This is a wine
that requires food. Match with tapas and
Mediterranean fare, as well as wild duck and pork over the next 2-3 years. Organically grown Pinot Noir fruit from a
Gladstone vineyard, predominantly clone 5 with 667 and Abel, 70% of the fruit,
hand-picked undergoing whole cluster carbonic maceration in sealed vats, the
ferments going for 10-14 days on skins, with 30% saigneed Pinot Noir, fermented
to 12.5% alc. and 0.38 g/L RS, the wine aged 3 months in seasoned French oak
barriques. 17.0-/20 Nov 2018
RRP $27.00
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Pinot Noir from New Zealand – Wairarapa & Wellington    17.5+/20
Light, garnet-hued red colour with some depth, paler on the
edge. The nose is elegantly presented
with finely concentrated and penetrating aromas of soft cherry and dark-red
berry fruits along with an amalgam of fresh and dark herbs, red floral
elements, some nutty oak and complexing earthy suggestions. Medium-bodied, the palate is elegant in
proportion with moderately intense and concentrated flavours of dark-red cherry
and berry fruit along with a subtle layer of dark herbs, nutty oak and earth,
unfolding red florals. The palate
unfolds savoury detail and interest. The
fruit is supported by grainy tannin extraction and structure with an underlying
line of fresh acidity providing freshness and energy. The wine carries to a long finish. This is an elegantly proportioned Pinot Noir
with moderately concentrated flavours of cherry and berry fruit with herbs,
nutty oak and earthy complexities on a grainy-textured palate. Serve with lamb and beef dishes over the next
6+ years. A co-fermentation of clone 5,
828 and Abel fruit from the Crosby’s ‘On Giants Shoulders’ vineyard on the
Martinborough terrace, with 20% whole bunches to 13.1% alc., the wine spending
27 days on skins and aged n seasoned French oak with MLF in tank, the wine
bottled in October 2018 after 18 months maturation. 1.111 bottles made. 17.5+/20
Nov 2018 RRP $49.00
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