The Hunting Lodge 2018 Marlborough Pinot Gris and ‘Home Block’ Sauvignon Blanc

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• The Hunting Lodge Marlborough Pinot Gris 2018
  Pinot Gris from New Zealand - Marlborough

  Review Date : 22-Jan-2019

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Full, light golden-yellow colour with some depth, a little paler on the rim. The nose is elegantly presented with a fine, taut core of white stonefruits, subtle notes of nuts with hints of minerals. This has a delicate white floral lift adding to the interest. Dry to taste and medium-full bodied, the palate has restrained flavours of white stonefruits along with hints of nuts and minerals, unfolding subtle floral elements. The palate has good vinous presence and a rounded mouthfeel with a positive core, and fine textures, along with balanced and integrated acidity. Though light in expression, the fruit weight carries to a long finish. This dry Pinot Gris is restrained in fruit expression showing subtle stonefruit, nuts and minerals, on a palate with weight and very good mouthfeel. Serve with poultry, pork and veal dishes over the next 3 years. Fruit from a coastal site in the Wairau Valley, fermented in stainless-steel to 13.0% alc. and 9.5 g/L RS, the wine aged 4 months on lees. 17.0/20 Jan 2019 RRP $24.00
• The Hunting Lodge ‘Home Block’ Waimauku Wild Ferment Sauvignon Blanc 2018
  Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand - Northland & Auckland

  Review Date : 22-Jan-2019

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, light, lemon-gold hued yellow colour with some depth, lighter on the rim. This has a fine and firm, tightly-bound nose with aromas of white and green stonefruits, nuts and complexing flinty mineral sulphide notes, unfolding subtle barrel-ferment creaminess. Dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate has flavours of green stonefruits, showing nectarines and greengages, along with white stonefruits, nuts and complexing flinty elements. Some barrel-ferment creaminess shows. The palate has a fresh and firm core and line and flows with very fine textures with fresh, lacy acidity leading to a nuanced finish of stonefruits, flint and minerals. This is a fresh and firm oak-influenced Sauvignon Blanc with flavours of green and white stonefruits, nuts and complexing flinty and minerally elements. Match with herb-marinated white meat dishes over the next 3+ years. Hand-picked fruit from the ‘Margan’, ‘Spence’ and ‘Watson’ blocks of the ‘Home Block’, Waimauku, indigenous yeast, oak-fermented to 13.0% alc. and 2.9 g/L RS, the wine aged 4 months on lees in 25% new French oak barriques. 18.0-/20 Jan 2019 RRP $33.00